List of Polish voivodeships by life expectancy
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Poland is administratively divided into 16 voivodeships.
According to estimation of Statistics Poland, life expectancy at birth in Poland in 2023 was 78.21 years (74.65 years for male and 81.99 years for female).[1]
Healthy life expectancy was 61.3 years for men and 64.6 years for women.[2]
According to alternative estimation of the United Nations, in 2023 life expectancy in Poland was 78.63 years (74.88 for male, 82.35 for female).[3]
Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023: 78.51 years total (74.80 for male, 82.40 for female).[4]
Estimation of Eurostat for 2023: 78.4 years total (74.6 for male, 82.1 for female).[5][6]
According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in Poland was 77.73 years (73.94 years for male and 81.50 years for female).
And healthy life expectancy was 67.56 years (65.08 years for male and 70.01 years for female).[7]
Life expectancy in Poland as of 2023 is lower than in neighboring Czechia, Germany, Finland, and Sweden. It is roughly on par with Estonia. And it is higher than in neighboring Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Belorussia, and Ukraine.[3][4][5][6]
The division of Poland into territorial units of the 2nd level (NUTS 2) almost coincides with the division of the country into voivodeships. Exception is the Masovian Voivodeship that is divided into two NUTS2 regions: the Warsaw metropolitan area and Masovian Regional. By default, the table is sorted by 2023.
| code | voivodeship | 2014 | 2014 →2019 |
2019 | 2019 →2023 |
2023 | 2014 →2023 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | |||||
| Poland on average | 77.8 | 73.7 | 81.7 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 78.0 | 74.1 | 81.9 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 78.4 | 74.6 | 82.1 | 7.5 | 0.6 | |
| PL82 | Subcarpathian Voivodeship | 79.0 | 75.0 | 83.0 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 79.4 | 75.4 | 83.4 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 79.8 | 75.9 | 83.7 | 7.8 | 0.8 |
| PL21 | Lesser Poland Voivodeship | 79.1 | 75.3 | 82.7 | 7.4 | 0.1 | 79.2 | 75.4 | 82.9 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 79.7 | 76.1 | 83.2 | 7.1 | 0.6 |
| PL91 | Warsaw metropolitan area | 79.3 | 75.5 | 82.7 | 7.2 | 0.2 | 79.5 | 75.8 | 82.9 | 7.1 | 0.1 | 79.6 | 76.2 | 82.7 | 6.5 | 0.3 |
| PL84 | Podlaskie Voivodeship | 78.4 | 73.9 | 83.1 | 9.2 | 0.3 | 78.7 | 74.2 | 83.3 | 9.1 | 0.2 | 78.9 | 74.5 | 83.4 | 8.9 | 0.5 |
| PL52 | Opole Voivodeship | 78.1 | 74.4 | 81.6 | 7.2 | 0.1 | 78.2 | 74.4 | 82.1 | 7.7 | 0.6 | 78.8 | 75.2 | 82.5 | 7.3 | 0.7 |
| PL63 | Pomeranian Voivodeship | 78.2 | 74.4 | 82.0 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 78.5 | 74.9 | 82.0 | 7.1 | 0.2 | 78.7 | 75.2 | 82.2 | 7.0 | 0.5 |
| PL81 | Lublin Voivodeship | 77.8 | 73.2 | 82.4 | 9.2 | 0.4 | 78.2 | 73.9 | 82.6 | 8.7 | 0.2 | 78.4 | 74.2 | 82.7 | 8.5 | 0.6 |
| PL41 | Greater Poland Voivodeship | 77.8 | 74.0 | 81.5 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 78.1 | 74.4 | 81.7 | 7.3 | 0.2 | 78.3 | 74.8 | 81.8 | 7.0 | 0.5 |
| PL51 | Lower Silesian Voivodeship | 77.4 | 73.1 | 81.5 | 8.4 | 0.1 | 77.5 | 73.5 | 81.5 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 78.1 | 74.3 | 81.9 | 7.6 | 0.7 |
| PL72 | Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship | 77.9 | 73.6 | 82.2 | 8.6 | 0.1 | 78.0 | 73.8 | 82.4 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 78.0 | 73.7 | 82.5 | 8.8 | 0.1 |
| PL43 | Lubusz Voivodeship | 77.4 | 73.3 | 81.3 | 8.0 | −0.5 | 76.9 | 72.9 | 81.0 | 8.1 | 1.0 | 77.9 | 74.0 | 81.7 | 7.7 | 0.5 |
| PL22 | Silesian Voivodeship | 77.0 | 73.3 | 80.6 | 7.3 | 0.5 | 77.5 | 74.0 | 81.0 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 77.8 | 74.3 | 81.3 | 7.0 | 0.8 |
| PL42 | West Pomeranian Voivodeship | 77.6 | 73.6 | 81.4 | 7.8 | −0.1 | 77.5 | 73.7 | 81.3 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 77.7 | 74.0 | 81.5 | 7.5 | 0.1 |
| PL61 | Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship | 77.5 | 73.4 | 81.4 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 77.5 | 73.8 | 81.2 | 7.4 | 0.2 | 77.7 | 74.0 | 81.4 | 7.4 | 0.2 |
| PL62 | Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship | 77.4 | 73.0 | 81.7 | 8.7 | −0.2 | 77.2 | 72.9 | 81.4 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 77.7 | 73.7 | 81.7 | 8.0 | 0.3 |
| PL92 | Masovian Regional | 76.8 | 72.4 | 81.4 | 9.0 | 0.2 | 77.0 | 72.7 | 81.7 | 9.0 | 0.3 | 77.3 | 73.2 | 81.7 | 8.5 | 0.5 |
| PL71 | Łódź Voivodeship | 76.3 | 71.6 | 80.9 | 9.3 | 0.6 | 76.9 | 72.6 | 81.2 | 8.6 | 0.4 | 77.3 | 73.1 | 81.4 | 8.3 | 1.0 |
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 | ||||
| Poland on average | 77.93 | 74.08 | 81.74 | 7.66 | −1.47 | 76.46 | 0.54 | 77.00 | 73.23 | 80.80 | 7.57 | −0.93 |
| Lesser Poland Voivodeship | 79.14 | 75.39 | 82.77 | 7.38 | −1.13 | 78.01 | 0.32 | 78.33 | 74.71 | 82.02 | 7.31 | −0.81 |
| Subcarpathian Voivodeship | 79.34 | 75.39 | 83.27 | 7.88 | −2.04 | 77.30 | 1.03 | 78.33 | 74.51 | 82.22 | 7.71 | −1.01 |
| Podlaskie Voivodeship | 78.64 | 74.19 | 83.17 | 8.98 | −2.25 | 76.39 | 1.34 | 77.73 | 73.31 | 82.22 | 8.91 | −0.91 |
| Masovian Voivodeship | 78.36 | 74.45 | 82.25 | 7.80 | −1.69 | 76.67 | 0.93 | 77.60 | 73.78 | 81.35 | 7.57 | −0.76 |
| Opole Voivodeship | 78.14 | 74.39 | 81.97 | 7.58 | −1.34 | 76.80 | 0.53 | 77.33 | 73.31 | 81.32 | 8.01 | −0.81 |
| Pomeranian Voivodeship | 78.44 | 74.89 | 81.87 | 6.98 | −1.24 | 77.20 | 0.03 | 77.23 | 73.71 | 80.72 | 7.01 | −1.21 |
| Greater Poland Voivodeship | 78.04 | 74.39 | 81.57 | 7.18 | −1.34 | 76.70 | 0.43 | 77.13 | 73.51 | 80.72 | 7.21 | −0.91 |
| Lublin Voivodeship | 78.14 | 73.89 | 82.47 | 8.58 | −2.05 | 76.09 | 1.04 | 77.13 | 73.01 | 81.32 | 8.31 | −1.01 |
| Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship | 77.94 | 73.79 | 82.27 | 8.48 | −1.55 | 76.39 | 0.44 | 76.83 | 72.61 | 81.22 | 8.61 | −1.11 |
| Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship | 77.44 | 73.79 | 81.07 | 7.28 | −1.55 | 75.89 | 0.74 | 76.63 | 73.21 | 80.03 | 6.82 | −0.81 |
| Lower Silesian Voivodeship | 77.44 | 73.49 | 81.37 | 7.88 | −1.15 | 76.29 | 0.24 | 76.53 | 72.71 | 80.43 | 7.72 | −0.91 |
| West Pomeranian Voivodeship | 77.44 | 73.69 | 81.17 | 7.48 | −1.35 | 76.09 | 0.44 | 76.53 | 72.61 | 80.43 | 7.82 | −0.91 |
| Silesian Voivodeship | 77.44 | 73.99 | 80.87 | 6.88 | −1.55 | 75.89 | 0.54 | 76.43 | 72.91 | 80.03 | 7.12 | −1.01 |
| Lubusz Voivodeship | 76.84 | 72.89 | 80.87 | 7.98 | −1.46 | 75.38 | 0.95 | 76.33 | 72.51 | 80.13 | 7.62 | −0.51 |
| Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship | 77.14 | 72.89 | 81.27 | 8.38 | −1.45 | 75.69 | 0.54 | 76.23 | 72.31 | 80.33 | 8.02 | −0.91 |
| Łódź Voivodeship | 76.84 | 72.59 | 81.07 | 8.48 | −1.26 | 75.58 | 0.35 | 75.93 | 72.01 | 79.73 | 7.72 | −0.91 |
Data source: Global Data Lab[10]
Statistics Poland
Data sources: Statistics Poland[1][2]
