Life expectancy by age and sex in Slovakia
Slovakia: Life expectancy by age and sex was 78.4 Year in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
78.4 Year
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
36th
of 56 countries
All-time high
78.4 Year
in 2024
All-time low
69.8 Year
in 1970
Years of data
65
1960–2024
Life expectancy by age and sex in Slovakia, 1960–2024
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy by age and sex in Slovakia is 78.4 Year, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy by age and sex in Slovakia peaked at 78.4 Year in 2024 and was at its lowest, 69.8 Year, in 1970.
That places Slovakia 36th out of 56 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Life expectancy by age and sex in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 70.3 Year | — |
| 1961 | 70.9 Year | +0.9% |
| 1962 | 70.4 Year | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 70.8 Year | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 71.2 Year | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 70.4 Year | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 70.5 Year | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 71.1 Year | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 70.6 Year | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 70 Year | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 69.8 Year | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 69.9 Year | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 70.3 Year | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 70 Year | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 70.2 Year | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 70.3 Year | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 70.5 Year | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 70.4 Year | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 70.5 Year | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 70.8 Year | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 70.4 Year | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 70.7 Year | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 70.9 Year | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 70.6 Year | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 70.8 Year | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 70.9 Year | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 71.1 Year | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 71.3 Year | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 71.4 Year | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 71.2 Year | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 71.1 Year | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 71.1 Year | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 71.5 Year | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 72 Year | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 72.5 Year | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 72.4 Year | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 72.9 Year | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 72.9 Year | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 72.8 Year | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 73.2 Year | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 73.3 Year | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 73.6 Year | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 73.8 Year | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 73.8 Year | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 74.2 Year | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 74.1 Year | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 74.5 Year | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 74.6 Year | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 74.9 Year | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 75.3 Year | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 75.6 Year | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 76.1 Year | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 76.3 Year | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 76.6 Year | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 76.9 Year | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 76.7 Year | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 77.3 Year | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 77.3 Year | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 77.3 Year | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 77.7 Year | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 77 Year | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 74.6 Year | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 77 Year | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 78.1 Year | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 78.4 Year | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70.62 Year | 70 Year | 71.2 Year | 10 |
| 1970s | 70.27 Year | 69.8 Year | 70.8 Year | 10 |
| 1980s | 70.93 Year | 70.4 Year | 71.4 Year | 10 |
| 1990s | 72.24 Year | 71.1 Year | 73.2 Year | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.21 Year | 73.3 Year | 75.3 Year | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.78 Year | 75.6 Year | 77.7 Year | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.02 Year | 74.6 Year | 78.4 Year | 5 |
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More health data for Slovakia
- Available beds in hospitals by NUTS 2 region 30,237 Number (2024)
- Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region 5.9 Rate (2024)
- Life expectancy by age, sex and NUTS 2 region 78.4 Year (2024)
- Infant mortality by NUTS 2 region 274 Number (2024)
- Health personnel by NUTS 2 region - historical data 20,026 Number (2020)
- Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region - historical data 31,016 Number (2020)
- Peri-neonatal mortality by age of mother and parity, by NUTS 2 region 181 Number (2023)
- Fetal, peri- and neonatal mortality rates by NUTS 2 region of 2.28 Rate (2023)
- Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, total 20,168 Number (2020)
- Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, total 13,151 Number (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy by age and sex in Slovakia?
- Life expectancy by age and sex in Slovakia was 78.4 Year in 2024, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest life expectancy by age and sex recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 78.4 Year in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy by age and sex recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.8 Year in 1970.
- How does Slovakia rank for life expectancy by age and sex?
- Slovakia ranks 36th out of 56 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy by age and sex rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovakia data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Life expectancy by age and sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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