Life Expectancy at Birth in Greece
Greece: Life Expectancy at Birth was 81.84 in 2024. β² Rising
Life Expectancy at Birth in Greece, 1960β2024
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Greece recorded 81.84 for life expectancy at birth in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth in Greece peaked at 81.84 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 70.22, in 1962.
Greece ranks 39th of 216 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70.98 | 70.22 | 71.98 | 10 |
| 1970s | 73.42 | 72.66 | 74.59 | 10 |
| 1980s | 75.81 | 74.51 | 76.95 | 10 |
| 1990s | 77.57 | 76.94 | 78.14 | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.1 | 77.89 | 80.19 | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.16 | 80.39 | 81.79 | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.15 | 80.08 | 81.84 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 36 Austria 82 compare
- 37 Netherlands, The 81.97 compare
- 38 Puerto Rico 81.9 compare
- 40 Cyprus 81.82 compare
- 41 Bahrain, Kingdom of 81.42 compare
- 42 United Kingdom 81.39 compare
More gender data for Greece
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 33,028 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 35,271 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 33,346 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 35,681 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 33,703 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 36,042 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 36,050 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 38,555 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 38,197 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 40,833 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth in Greece?
- Life expectancy at birth in Greece was 81.84 in 2024, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 81.84 in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.22 in 1962.
- How does Greece rank for life expectancy at birth?
- Greece ranks 39th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Life Expectancy at Birth. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gender-disaggregated data on health outcomes.