Fourth in Europe after Liechtenstein, Swiss And Spaina circumstance which places theItaly in second place within theEuropean Union. The ranking that sees our country at the top is that relating to life expectancy at birth, which for 2023 is equal to 83.8 years. More in detail, 81.7 for men and 85.6 for women. The data comes from Eurostatwhich has just published the latest updates.
As mentioned, things are only better at Vaduz (84.8 years), to Bern (84.2) it’s at Madrid (84). At the bottom of the ranking are the Romania with 76.6 yearsthe Latvia with 75.9 and the Bulgaria with 75.8. The European Union average is instead equal to 81.5 years. In recent years, the new coronavirus pandemic had a negative impact on this indicator, which measures the average number of years of life of a human being, in the specific case calculated for those born in 2023, which in 2021 had reduced it on average Of 1.2 years within the European Union compared to 2019. The good news is that in most countries of the Old Continent we have returned to pre-Covid levels.
The countries colored blue on the map are those in which life expectancy has increased the most compared to 2019. Among these, the Romaniawhere she grew up a year old, the Lithuaniawhere the increase was 0.8 years and the Polandwhere the increase was equal to 0.6 years. In Italy the growth was equal to 0.1 years. Negative balance, however, in the countries colored red. Among these the worst data in Icelandwhere those born in 2023 will live 0.6 years younger than those born in 2019, in Finland and in Austriacountries in which the contraction is equal to 0.4 years.
