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Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy at birth. By sex 2021
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 80.8 (p) Provisional value 80.3 (e) Estimated value 77.2 (e) Estimated value
Women 86.3 (p) Provisional value 86.2 (e) Estimated value 82.8 (e) Estimated value
Total 83.6 (p) Provisional value 83.3 (e) Estimated value 80.1 (e) Estimated value
Units: Years.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, Ministry of Health. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(p) Provisional value.
(e) Estimated value.
Indicador ODS Indicator 03.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: January 20, 2023.

CMORT

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Statistics on Cause of Death (CMORT).

Methodological note

Life expectancy at birth is defined as the mean number of years that a new-born child can expect to live if subjected throughout his life to the current mortality conditions (age specific probabilities of dying).