Spain is the country in the European Union (EU) with the highest life expectancy, at 84 years, and is above the Community average, which is 81.5 years, while Romania has the third lowest life expectancy from the EU, for 76.6 years, according to the latest data updated on Friday by the Community statistics agency Eurostat, quoted by EFE.
Romania is followed in this ranking only by Latvia, with 75.9 years and Bulgaria, with 75.8 years.
However, the largest increase in life expectancy from 2019 to 2023 was registered in Romania, the increase in life expectancy being one year, followed by Lithuania (+0.8 years) and Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Malta (all with an increase of +0.7 years).
At the opposite pole are Austria and Finland, which recorded the biggest decreases in life expectancy (minus 0.4 years each), followed by Estonia and the Netherlands (minus 0.2 years).
These are preliminary data…