According to estimation of Eurostat for 2021, Spanish regions have some of the highest life expectancies in the world.
Some Spanish regions are European leaders in this indicator. The Spanish capital region, Community of Madrid , has the highest life expectancy for women in Europe (88.2 years); this is followed by five other Spanish regions: Navarre (87.6 years), Castile and León (87.5 years), Cantabria (87.1 years), Galicia (87.0 years) and the Basque Country (87.0 years). Furthermore, Community of Madrid is second and Navarre is tied for fourth among the regions of Europe with the highest life expenctancy for men.[ 1]
National Statistics Institute (2023)
Statistics by province
Change of life expectancy in provinces of Spain
from 2019 to 2022
[ 2]
Data source: National Statistics Institute (Spain) (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Change of life expectancy in autonomous communities of Spain from 2019 to 2022
[ 6]
autonomous community
2023
historical data
male
female
2019
2020
2020 →2021
2021
2021 →2022
2022
2022 →2023
2023
Madrid
85.39
82.92
87.51
4.59
84.93
−2.66
82.27
2.29
84.56
0.20
84.76
0.63
85.39
0.46
Navarre
84.79
82.27
87.24
4.97
84.55
−1.22
83.33
0.93
84.26
−0.41
83.85
0.94
84.79
0.24
Castile and León
84.54
81.95
87.15
5.20
84.20
−1.67
82.53
1.41
83.94
−0.26
83.68
0.86
84.54
0.34
Basque Country
84.42
81.65
87.02
5.37
83.98
−0.80
83.18
0.52
83.70
−0.21
83.49
0.93
84.42
0.44
Cantabria
84.20
81.37
86.91
5.54
83.58
−0.58
83.00
0.63
83.63
−0.57
83.06
1.14
84.20
0.62
La Rioja
84.17
81.44
86.94
5.50
83.83
−1.33
82.50
0.77
83.27
−0.07
83.20
0.97
84.17
0.34
Aragon
84.07
81.24
86.89
5.65
83.88
−1.50
82.38
0.87
83.25
−0.19
83.06
1.01
84.07
0.19
Catalonia
83.96
81.29
86.49
5.20
83.82
−1.57
82.25
1.09
83.34
0.15
83.49
0.47
83.96
0.14
Castilla–La Mancha
83.78
81.36
86.27
4.91
83.57
−2.35
81.22
1.80
83.02
0.31
83.33
0.45
83.78
0.21
Balearic Islands
83.71
81.33
86.04
4.71
83.40
−0.29
83.11
−0.11
83.00
−0.10
82.90
0.81
83.71
0.31
Galicia
83.62
80.61
86.56
5.95
83.51
−0.18
83.33
0.08
83.41
−0.18
83.23
0.39
83.62
0.11
Asturias
83.11
80.30
85.74
5.44
82.84
−0.74
82.10
0.65
82.75
−0.29
82.46
0.65
83.11
0.27
Valencia
83.10
80.49
85.65
5.16
82.95
−0.63
82.32
−0.11
82.21
0.26
82.47
0.63
83.10
0.15
Extremadura
83.06
80.53
85.64
5.11
82.84
−1.01
81.83
0.36
82.19
0.21
82.40
0.66
83.06
0.22
Murcia
82.82
80.36
85.28
4.92
82.62
−0.36
82.26
−0.05
82.21
−0.16
82.05
0.77
82.82
0.20
Andalusia
82.49
79.87
85.08
5.21
82.20
−0.69
81.51
−0.05
81.46
0.40
81.86
0.63
82.49
0.29
Canary Islands
82.46
79.95
84.98
5.03
82.42
−0.16
82.26
−0.14
82.12
−0.34
81.78
0.68
82.46
0.04
Melilla (auton. city)
81.61
79.73
83.45
3.72
80.67
−1.85
78.82
0.90
79.72
1.83
81.55
0.06
81.61
0.94
Ceuta (auton. city)
81.11
78.78
83.43
4.65
80.42
−1.28
79.14
−0.84
78.30
1.41
79.71
1.40
81.11
0.69
Data source: National Statistics Institute (Spain) (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) [ 7] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Eurostat (2019—2022)
The division of Spain into territorial units 2 level (NUTS 2) coincides with the division of Spain into autonomous communities . By default the table is sorted by 2022.
region
2019
2021
2021 →2022
2022
2019 →2022
male
female
overall
overall
male
female
F Δ M
ES30
Madrid
85.8
83.0
88.2
5.2
−0.6
85.2
0.0
85.2
82.4
87.7
5.3
−0.6
ES22
Navarre
85.0
82.4
87.5
5.1
−0.3
84.7
−0.8
83.9
81.0
86.9
5.9
−1.1
ES41
Castile and León
84.7
81.8
87.6
5.8
−0.4
84.3
−0.5
83.8
81.0
86.7
5.7
−0.9
ES51
Catalonia
84.3
81.3
87.1
5.8
−0.6
83.7
0.0
83.7
80.9
86.4
5.5
−0.6
ES21
Basque Country
84.5
81.4
87.5
6.1
−0.4
84.1
−0.5
83.6
80.8
86.4
5.6
−0.9
ES42
Castilla–La Mancha
83.9
81.5
86.5
5.0
−0.6
83.3
0.1
83.4
81.0
86.0
5.0
−0.5
ES11
Galicia
84.0
81.0
87.0
6.0
−0.1
83.9
−0.5
83.4
80.5
86.2
5.7
−0.6
ES53
Balearic Islands
84.2
81.7
86.6
4.9
−1.0
83.2
0.0
83.2
80.5
85.9
5.4
−1.0
ES23
La Rioja
84.2
81.3
87.1
5.8
−0.8
83.4
−0.2
83.2
80.4
86.1
5.7
−1.0
ES13
Cantabria
83.9
81.1
86.7
5.6
0.1
84.0
−0.9
83.1
80.4
85.6
5.2
−0.8
ES24
Aragon
84.4
81.5
87.2
5.7
−0.9
83.5
−0.5
83.0
80.2
85.9
5.7
−1.4
ES52
Valencian Community
83.5
80.7
86.3
5.6
−1.1
82.4
0.2
82.6
80.0
85.3
5.3
−0.9
ES43
Extremadura
83.1
80.2
86.2
6.0
−0.7
82.4
0.1
82.5
79.8
85.2
5.4
−0.6
ES12
Asturias
83.2
80.1
86.2
6.1
−0.2
83.0
−0.5
82.5
79.7
85.2
5.5
−0.7
ES70
Canary Islands (in the Atlantic Ocean)
83.5
80.9
86.2
5.3
−0.9
82.6
−0.3
82.3
79.8
84.9
5.1
−1.2
ES62
Murcia
82.9
80.3
85.4
5.1
−0.5
82.4
−0.3
82.1
79.4
84.9
5.5
−0.8
ES61
Andalusia
82.6
79.8
85.3
5.5
−1.0
81.6
0.4
82.0
79.3
84.7
5.4
−0.6
ES64
Melilla (autonomous city in Africa)
81.4
78.8
84.1
5.3
−1.5
79.9
1.8
81.7
79.7
83.8
4.1
0.3
ES63
Ceuta (autonomous city in Africa)
81.4
79.0
83.9
4.9
−2.8
78.6
1.8
80.4
78.6
82.2
3.6
−1.0
Data source: Eurostat [ 8] [ 9]
Life expectancy in Spanish regions in comparison with regions of other European countries in 2019 and 2022, according to Eurostat
[ 8] [ 9] (legends on the maps are identical)
Global Data Lab (2019–2022)
region
2019
2021
2021 →2022
2022
2019 →2022
male
female
overall
overall
male
female
F Δ M
Madrid
85.34
82.66
87.65
4.99
−0.31
85.03
0.85
85.88
83.10
88.33
5.23
0.54
Navarre
84.55
82.06
86.96
4.90
−0.12
84.43
0.14
84.57
81.68
87.52
5.84
0.02
Castile and León
84.25
81.47
87.06
5.59
−0.32
83.93
0.54
84.47
81.68
87.32
5.64
0.22
Catalonia
83.85
80.97
86.56
5.59
−0.51
83.34
1.03
84.37
81.58
87.02
5.44
0.52
Basque Country
84.05
81.07
86.96
5.89
−0.42
83.63
0.64
84.27
81.48
87.02
5.54
0.22
Castilla–La Mancha
83.45
81.17
85.96
4.79
−0.51
82.94
1.13
84.07
81.68
86.61
4.93
0.62
Galicia
83.55
80.67
86.46
5.79
−0.02
83.53
0.54
84.07
81.18
86.82
5.64
0.52
Balearic Islands (in the Mediterranean Sea )
83.75
81.37
86.06
4.69
−0.41
83.34
0.53
83.87
81.18
86.51
5.33
0.12
La Rioja
83.75
80.97
86.56
5.59
−0.81
82.94
0.93
83.87
81.08
86.71
5.63
0.12
Cantabria
83.45
80.77
86.16
5.39
0.18
83.63
0.14
83.77
81.08
86.21
5.13
0.32
Aragon
83.95
81.17
86.66
5.49
−0.81
83.14
0.53
83.67
80.88
86.51
5.63
−0.28
Valencia
83.06
80.37
85.76
5.39
−0.92
82.14
1.12
83.26
80.68
85.91
5.23
0.20
Extremadura
82.66
79.87
85.66
5.79
−0.72
81.94
1.22
83.16
80.47
85.81
5.34
0.50
Asturias
82.76
79.77
85.66
5.89
−0.12
82.64
0.52
83.16
80.37
85.81
5.44
0.40
Canary Islands (in the Atlantic Ocean)
83.06
80.57
85.66
5.09
−0.22
82.84
0.12
82.96
80.47
85.51
5.04
−0.10
Murcia
82.46
79.97
84.87
4.90
−0.52
81.94
0.82
82.76
80.07
85.51
5.44
0.30
Andalusia
82.16
79.47
84.77
5.30
−0.82
81.34
1.32
82.66
79.97
85.30
5.33
0.50
Melilla (autonomous city in Africa)
80.97
78.48
83.58
5.10
−1.22
79.75
2.61
82.36
80.37
84.40
4.03
1.39
Ceuta (autonomous city in Africa)
80.97
78.68
83.38
4.70
−2.21
78.76
2.29
81.05
79.26
82.79
3.53
0.08
Data source: Global Data Lab[ 10]
Charts
Development of life expectancy in Spain according to estimation of the
World Bank Group [ 11]
Life expectancy with calculated sex gap
[ 11]
Life expectancy in Spain according to estimation of
Our World in Data [ 12]
Development of life expectancy in Spain in comparison to the largest by population European countries
[ 11]
Life expectancy and
healthy life expectancy in Spain on the background of other countries of the world in 2019
[ 13]
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately
[ 13]
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Spain on the background of other countries of Europe in 2019
[ 13]
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately
[ 13]
See also
References