List of British regions by life expectancy
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According to estimation of the United Nations, in 2023 life expectancy in the United Kingdom was 81.30 years (79.36 for male, 83.21 for female). This is 0.14 years less than it was in the pre-COVID 2019.[1]
Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023: 81.24 years total (79.36 for male, 83.21 for female).[2]
According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in the United Kingdom was 81.22 years (79.50 years for male and 82.92 years for female).
And healthy life expectancy was 69.74 years (69.38 years for male and 70.07 years for female).[3]
Life expectancy in the UK as of 2023 is lower than in neighboring countries (Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, France).[1][2]
By default the table is sorted by arithmetic mean for 2017–2019 period.
Regions of England
| constituent country or region of England |
2017–2019 | change | 2022–2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| male | female | sex gap | arith. mean | male | female | sex gap | arith. mean | ||
| London region | 80.9 | 84.7 | 3.8 | 82.80 | −0.20 | 80.5 | 84.7 | 4.2 | 82.60 |
| South East England | 80.8 | 84.3 | 3.5 | 82.55 | 0.00 | 80.7 | 84.4 | 3.7 | 82.55 |
| South West England | 80.4 | 84.1 | 3.7 | 82.25 | −0.05 | 80.3 | 84.1 | 3.8 | 82.20 |
| East of England | 80.5 | 83.9 | 3.4 | 82.20 | −0.05 | 80.3 | 84.0 | 3.7 | 82.15 |
| England on average | 79.8 | 83.4 | 3.6 | 81.60 | −0.20 | 79.5 | 83.3 | 3.8 | 81.40 |
| United Kingdom | 79.4 | 83.1 | 3.7 | 81.25 | −0.15 | 79.2 | 83.0 | 3.8 | 81.10 |
| East Midlands | 79.5 | 82.9 | 3.4 | 81.20 | −0.30 | 79.0 | 82.8 | 3.8 | 80.90 |
| West Midlands | 79.0 | 82.9 | 3.9 | 80.95 | −0.20 | 78.7 | 82.8 | 4.1 | 80.75 |
| Northern Ireland | 78.8 | 82.6 | 3.8 | 80.70 | 0.00 | 78.8 | 82.6 | 3.8 | 80.70 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 78.8 | 82.5 | 3.7 | 80.65 | −0.35 | 78.3 | 82.3 | 4.0 | 80.30 |
| Wales | 78.5 | 82.3 | 3.8 | 80.40 | −0.15 | 78.3 | 82.2 | 3.9 | 80.25 |
| North West England | 78.4 | 82.1 | 3.7 | 80.25 | −0.35 | 77.9 | 81.9 | 4.0 | 79.90 |
| North East England | 78.0 | 81.8 | 3.8 | 79.90 | −0.25 | 77.7 | 81.6 | 3.9 | 79.65 |
| Scotland | 77.2 | 81.1 | 3.9 | 79.15 | 0.00 | 77.2 | 81.1 | 3.9 | 79.15 |
Data source: Office for National Statistics.[4][5] Data for the United Kingdom on avarage for 2017–2019 are taken from an adjacent table of the same agency.[6]
Eurostat (2017, 2018)
By default the table is sorted by 2018.
| code | region | 2017 | 2017 →2018 |
2018 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | |||
| UK on average | 81.3 | 79.5 | 83.1 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 81.3 | 79.5 | 83.1 | 3.6 | |
| UKI3 | Inner London - West | 83.9 | 82.2 | 85.6 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 84.7 | 82.9 | 86.5 | 3.6 |
| UKI7 | Outer London - West and North West | 83.7 | 82.0 | 85.4 | 3.4 | −0.3 | 83.4 | 81.4 | 85.3 | 3.9 |
| UKJ1 | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire | 82.9 | 81.1 | 84.6 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 83.2 | 81.6 | 84.7 | 3.1 |
| UKJ2 | Surrey, East and West Sussex | 82.8 | 81.1 | 84.5 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 82.9 | 81.2 | 84.6 | 3.4 |
| UKI6 | Outer London - South | 83.1 | 81.3 | 84.8 | 3.5 | −0.4 | 82.7 | 80.9 | 84.4 | 3.5 |
| UKJ3 | Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 82.3 | 80.6 | 84.0 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 82.5 | 80.8 | 84.2 | 3.4 |
| UKK2 | Dorset and Somerset | 82.6 | 80.9 | 84.3 | 3.4 | −0.2 | 82.4 | 80.5 | 84.3 | 3.8 |
| UKI5 | Outer London - East and North East | 82.3 | 80.2 | 84.3 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 82.4 | 80.4 | 84.2 | 3.8 |
| UKK1 | Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area | 82.3 | 80.6 | 84.0 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 82.3 | 80.5 | 84.1 | 3.6 |
| UKE2 | North Yorkshire | 82.5 | 80.8 | 84.1 | 3.3 | −0.2 | 82.3 | 80.5 | 84.0 | 3.5 |
| UKH1 | East Anglia | 82.4 | 80.6 | 84.1 | 3.5 | −0.1 | 82.3 | 80.4 | 84.2 | 3.8 |
| UKH2 | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 82.5 | 80.8 | 84.1 | 3.3 | −0.2 | 82.3 | 80.4 | 84.1 | 3.7 |
| UKI4 | Inner London - East | 81.9 | 79.5 | 84.2 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 82.0 | 80.0 | 84.0 | 4.0 |
| UKG1 | Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 82.1 | 80.0 | 84.1 | 4.1 | −0.2 | 81.9 | 80.1 | 83.6 | 3.5 |
| UKK4 | Devon | 82.0 | 80.3 | 83.7 | 3.4 | −0.1 | 81.9 | 80.0 | 83.7 | 3.7 |
| UKD6 | Cheshire | 81.9 | 80.2 | 83.5 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 81.9 | 80.0 | 83.7 | 3.7 |
| UKH3 | Essex | 81.7 | 80.2 | 83.2 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 81.8 | 80.3 | 83.3 | 3.0 |
| UKD1 | Cumbria | 81.4 | 79.7 | 83.1 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 81.6 | 79.8 | 83.3 | 3.5 |
| UKJ4 | Kent | 81.7 | 80.0 | 83.5 | 3.5 | −0.1 | 81.6 | 79.7 | 83.4 | 3.7 |
| UKF2 | Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 81.7 | 79.9 | 83.5 | 3.6 | −0.2 | 81.5 | 79.9 | 83.2 | 3.3 |
| UKK3 | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 81.7 | 80.0 | 83.4 | 3.4 | −0.3 | 81.4 | 79.5 | 83.2 | 3.7 |
| UKL2 | East Wales | 81.2 | 79.2 | 83.1 | 3.9 | −0.2 | 81.0 | 79.1 | 83.0 | 3.9 |
| UKF3 | Lincolnshire | 81.1 | 79.6 | 82.7 | 3.1 | −0.1 | 81.0 | 79.0 | 82.9 | 3.9 |
| UKF1 | Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 81.0 | 79.3 | 82.7 | 3.4 | −0.1 | 80.9 | 79.3 | 82.6 | 3.3 |
| UKG2 | Shropshire and Staffordshire | 81.1 | 79.5 | 82.7 | 3.2 | −0.2 | 80.9 | 79.2 | 82.6 | 3.4 |
| UKN0 | Northern Ireland | 80.6 | 78.6 | 82.6 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 80.9 | 79.1 | 82.6 | 3.5 |
| UKE1 | East Riding and North Lincolnshire | 80.2 | 78.1 | 82.3 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 80.8 | 79.0 | 82.5 | 3.5 |
| UKM5 | North Eastern Scotland | 80.4 | 78.6 | 82.2 | 3.6 | −0.1 | 80.3 | 78.3 | 82.4 | 4.1 |
| UKE3 | South Yorkshire | 80.5 | 78.7 | 82.2 | 3.5 | −0.3 | 80.2 | 78.4 | 81.9 | 3.5 |
| UKG3 | West Midlands | 80.3 | 78.2 | 82.3 | 4.1 | −0.1 | 80.2 | 78.2 | 82.2 | 4.0 |
| UKE4 | West Yorkshire | 80.4 | 78.4 | 82.2 | 3.8 | −0.3 | 80.1 | 78.3 | 82.0 | 3.7 |
| UKM6 | Highlands and Islands | 80.4 | 78.6 | 82.3 | 3.7 | −0.4 | 80.0 | 78.4 | 81.7 | 3.3 |
| UKD3 | Greater Manchester | 79.7 | 77.9 | 81.5 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 80.0 | 78.3 | 81.8 | 3.5 |
| UKL1 | West Wales and the Valleys | 80.2 | 78.3 | 82.2 | 3.9 | −0.2 | 80.0 | 78.0 | 82.0 | 4.0 |
| UKD4 | Lancashire | 79.9 | 78.0 | 81.9 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 79.9 | 78.0 | 81.7 | 3.7 |
| UKM7 | Eastern Scotland | 79.8 | 77.8 | 81.8 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 79.9 | 78.0 | 81.7 | 3.7 |
| UKC2 | Northumberland and Tyne and Wear | 80.2 | 78.3 | 82.1 | 3.8 | −0.3 | 79.9 | 77.8 | 82.0 | 4.2 |
| UKC1 | Tees Valley and Durham | 79.8 | 77.9 | 81.6 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 79.8 | 78.0 | 81.6 | 3.6 |
| UKD7 | Merseyside | 79.8 | 77.7 | 81.8 | 4.1 | −0.2 | 79.6 | 77.7 | 81.3 | 3.6 |
| UKM9 | Southern Scotland | 79.5 | 77.7 | 81.2 | 3.5 | −0.3 | 79.2 | 77.4 | 80.8 | 3.4 |
| UKM8 | West Central Scotland | 77.8 | 75.6 | 80.0 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 77.9 | 75.5 | 80.1 | 4.6 |
Global Data Lab (2019–2022)
| region | 2019 | 2019 →2021 |
2021 | 2021 →2022 |
2022 | 2019 →2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | overall | male | female | F Δ M | ||||
| United Kingdom on average | 81.73 | 79.93 | 83.47 | 3.54 | −0.99 | 80.74 | 1.42 | 82.16 | 80.44 | 83.83 | 3.39 | 0.43 |
| London region | 83.27 | 81.38 | 85.08 | 3.70 | −1.00 | 82.27 | 1.44 | 83.71 | 81.89 | 85.45 | 3.56 | 0.44 |
| South East England | 83.03 | 81.36 | 84.64 | 3.28 | −1.00 | 82.03 | 1.44 | 83.47 | 81.88 | 85.00 | 3.12 | 0.44 |
| East of England | 82.55 | 80.81 | 84.24 | 3.43 | −0.99 | 81.56 | 1.42 | 82.98 | 81.33 | 84.61 | 3.28 | 0.43 |
| South West England | 82.54 | 80.74 | 84.31 | 3.57 | −0.99 | 81.55 | 1.43 | 82.98 | 81.25 | 84.68 | 3.43 | 0.44 |
| East Midlands | 81.54 | 79.92 | 83.21 | 3.29 | −0.98 | 80.56 | 1.41 | 81.97 | 80.43 | 83.57 | 3.14 | 0.43 |
| Northern Ireland | 81.29 | 79.54 | 82.93 | 3.39 | −0.98 | 80.31 | 1.41 | 81.72 | 80.04 | 83.29 | 3.25 | 0.43 |
| West Midlands | 81.17 | 79.35 | 82.97 | 3.62 | −0.97 | 80.20 | 1.40 | 81.60 | 79.85 | 83.32 | 3.47 | 0.43 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 80.96 | 79.21 | 82.69 | 3.48 | −0.97 | 79.99 | 1.40 | 81.39 | 79.71 | 83.05 | 3.34 | 0.43 |
| Wales | 80.76 | 78.84 | 82.71 | 3.87 | −0.97 | 79.79 | 1.40 | 81.19 | 79.34 | 83.06 | 3.72 | 0.43 |
| North West England | 80.63 | 78.86 | 82.35 | 3.49 | −0.97 | 79.66 | 1.40 | 81.06 | 79.36 | 82.71 | 3.35 | 0.43 |
| North East England | 80.24 | 78.32 | 82.15 | 3.83 | −0.96 | 79.28 | 1.38 | 80.66 | 78.82 | 82.51 | 3.69 | 0.42 |
| Scotland | 79.64 | 77.68 | 81.48 | 3.80 | −0.96 | 78.68 | 1.38 | 80.06 | 78.17 | 81.84 | 3.67 | 0.42 |
Data source: Global Data Lab[9]
