In 2023-2025, life expectancy at birth was estimated at 81.75 years, 78.99 years for males and 84.21 years for females, resulting from an increase of 0.26 years (3.1 months) for males and of 0.25 years (3.0 months) for females from the previous triennium.
Within a decade, there was a gain of 1.28 years in life expectancy at birth for the total population, 1.56 years for males and 0.98 years for females. This increase was mainly the result of a reduction in mortality at ages 60 and over. However, the contributions of older ages were more significant for females than for males.
Life expectancy at age 65, in 2023-2025, was estimated at 20.19 years for the total population. At the age of 65 years, men could expect to live 18.43 years and women 21.55 years, which corresponds to an increase of 0.13 years for men and 0.20 years for women compared to 2022-2024. Over the last ten years, life expectancy at age 65 has increased 12.1 months for men and 10.6 months for women.
