List of Swedish counties by life expectancy
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According to estimation of the United Nations, in 2023 life expectancy in Sweden was 83.26 years (81.44 for male, 85.10 for female).[1]
Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023: 83.31 years total (81.70 for male, 85.00 for female).[2]
Estimation of Eurostat for 2023: 83.4 years total (81.7 for male, 85.0 for female).[3][4]
According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in Sweden was 82.71 years (81.17 years for male and 84.24 years for female).
And healthy life expectancy was 71.41 years (71.33 years for male and 71.46 years for female).[5]
Average values for 5-year periods. By default the table is sorted by arithmetic mean for 2020-2024. Some values are rounded.
| county | 2014-2018 | change | 2019-2023 | change | 2020-2024 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| male | female | sex gap | arith. mean | male | female | sex gap | arith. mean | male | female | sex gap | arith. mean | |||
| Sweden | 80.55 | 84.10 | 3.55 | 82.33 | 0.62 | 81.21 | 84.69 | 3.48 | 82.95 | 0.16 | 81.40 | 84.81 | 3.41 | 83.11 |
| Halland County | 81.52 | 84.78 | 3.26 | 83.15 | 0.88 | 82.52 | 85.53 | 3.01 | 84.03 | 0.08 | 82.64 | 85.57 | 2.93 | 84.11 |
| Stockholm County | 81.04 | 84.56 | 3.52 | 82.80 | 0.78 | 81.74 | 85.41 | 3.67 | 83.58 | 0.24 | 82.07 | 85.57 | 3.50 | 83.82 |
| Uppsala County | 81.38 | 84.65 | 3.27 | 83.02 | 0.59 | 82.00 | 85.22 | 3.22 | 83.61 | 0.06 | 82.06 | 85.29 | 3.23 | 83.67 |
| Kronoberg County | 81.56 | 84.73 | 3.17 | 83.14 | 0.31 | 81.96 | 84.95 | 2.99 | 83.45 | 0.09 | 82.09 | 85.00 | 2.91 | 83.55 |
| Jönköping County | 81.00 | 84.54 | 3.54 | 82.77 | 0.55 | 81.55 | 85.08 | 3.53 | 83.31 | 0.16 | 81.75 | 85.19 | 3.44 | 83.47 |
| Gotland County | 80.43 | 84.18 | 3.75 | 82.31 | 1.04 | 81.32 | 85.38 | 4.06 | 83.35 | 0.12 | 81.40 | 85.53 | 4.13 | 83.47 |
| Dalarna County | 80.47 | 83.82 | 3.35 | 82.14 | 0.84 | 81.20 | 84.76 | 3.56 | 82.98 | 0.16 | 81.51 | 84.78 | 3.27 | 83.14 |
| Kalmar County | 80.18 | 83.88 | 3.70 | 82.03 | 1.05 | 81.24 | 84.91 | 3.67 | 83.08 | 0.06 | 81.33 | 84.95 | 3.62 | 83.14 |
| Östergötland County | 80.78 | 84.20 | 3.42 | 82.49 | 0.47 | 81.34 | 84.57 | 3.23 | 82.95 | 0.13 | 81.41 | 84.76 | 3.35 | 83.08 |
| Västra Götaland County | 80.53 | 84.07 | 3.54 | 82.30 | 0.54 | 81.11 | 84.57 | 3.46 | 82.84 | 0.16 | 81.26 | 84.75 | 3.49 | 83.00 |
| Skåne County | 80.59 | 84.22 | 3.63 | 82.41 | 0.46 | 81.14 | 84.59 | 3.45 | 82.86 | 0.14 | 81.32 | 84.68 | 3.36 | 83.00 |
| Örebro County | 79.91 | 84.03 | 4.12 | 81.97 | 0.66 | 80.71 | 84.55 | 3.84 | 82.63 | 0.20 | 80.99 | 84.67 | 3.68 | 82.83 |
| Västerbotten County | 80.36 | 83.68 | 3.32 | 82.02 | 0.68 | 81.16 | 84.24 | 3.08 | 82.70 | 0.05 | 81.23 | 84.26 | 3.03 | 82.75 |
| Värmland County | 79.75 | 83.80 | 4.05 | 81.78 | 0.83 | 80.71 | 84.50 | 3.79 | 82.61 | 0.10 | 80.83 | 84.59 | 3.76 | 82.71 |
| Jämtland County | 80.04 | 83.54 | 3.50 | 81.79 | 0.63 | 80.70 | 84.15 | 3.45 | 82.42 | 0.26 | 81.11 | 84.26 | 3.15 | 82.69 |
| Västmanland County | 80.33 | 83.87 | 3.54 | 82.10 | 0.31 | 80.53 | 84.29 | 3.76 | 82.41 | 0.25 | 80.87 | 84.44 | 3.57 | 82.66 |
| Blekinge County | 79.77 | 83.84 | 4.07 | 81.81 | 0.76 | 81.02 | 84.12 | 3.10 | 82.57 | 0.08 | 81.08 | 84.22 | 3.14 | 82.65 |
| Södermanland County | 80.03 | 83.78 | 3.75 | 81.91 | 0.38 | 80.61 | 83.95 | 3.34 | 82.28 | 0.16 | 80.79 | 84.08 | 3.29 | 82.44 |
| Gävleborg County | 79.54 | 83.05 | 3.51 | 81.30 | 0.74 | 80.22 | 83.85 | 3.63 | 82.03 | 0.16 | 80.46 | 83.92 | 3.46 | 82.19 |
| Norrbotten County | 79.14 | 83.20 | 4.06 | 81.17 | 0.56 | 79.95 | 83.52 | 3.57 | 81.73 | 0.22 | 80.10 | 83.82 | 3.72 | 81.96 |
| Västernorrland County | 79.54 | 83.00 | 3.46 | 81.27 | 0.54 | 80.09 | 83.52 | 3.43 | 81.81 | 0.11 | 80.09 | 83.74 | 3.65 | 81.92 |
Data source: Statistics Sweden (SCB).[6][7]
Maps of division of Sweden into counties and NUTS-2 regions:
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Eurostat (2014—2023)
By default, the table is sorted by 2023.
| code | NUTS-2 region | 2014 | 2014 →2019 |
2019 | 2019 →2023 |
2023 | 2014 →2023 | |||||||||
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| overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | |||||
| Sweden on average | 82.3 | 80.4 | 84.2 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 83.2 | 81.5 | 84.8 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 83.4 | 81.7 | 85.0 | 3.3 | 1.1 | |
| SE11 | Stockholm | 82.7 | 80.9 | 84.4 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 83.9 | 81.9 | 85.7 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 84.5 | 82.8 | 86.0 | 3.2 | 1.8 |
| SE21 | Småland and the islands | 82.7 | 80.7 | 84.7 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 83.6 | 81.9 | 85.3 | 3.4 | −0.1 | 83.5 | 82.0 | 85.1 | 3.1 | 0.8 |
| SE23 | West Sweden | 82.4 | 80.5 | 84.4 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 83.1 | 81.4 | 84.7 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 83.4 | 81.7 | 85.0 | 3.3 | 1.0 |
| SE12 | East Middle Sweden | 82.5 | 80.7 | 84.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 83.0 | 81.4 | 84.7 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 83.2 | 81.6 | 84.9 | 3.3 | 0.7 |
| SE22 | South Sweden | 82.2 | 80.2 | 84.2 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 83.1 | 81.6 | 84.6 | 3.0 | −0.1 | 83.0 | 81.3 | 84.8 | 3.5 | 0.8 |
| SE31 | North Middle Sweden | 81.7 | 79.8 | 83.5 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 82.7 | 80.8 | 84.6 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 82.8 | 81.2 | 84.6 | 3.4 | 1.1 |
| SE33 | Upper Norrland | 81.5 | 79.6 | 83.6 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 82.2 | 80.6 | 83.8 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 82.4 | 80.6 | 84.3 | 3.7 | 0.9 |
| SE32 | Middle Norrland | 81.1 | 79.4 | 82.9 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 82.1 | 80.4 | 83.9 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 82.3 | 80.8 | 83.9 | 3.1 | 1.2 |
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 | ||||
| Sweden on average | 83.05 | 81.35 | 84.73 | 3.38 | −0.07 | 82.98 | 0.53 | 83.51 | 81.90 | 85.09 | 3.19 | 0.46 |
| Stockholm | 83.76 | 81.79 | 85.55 | 3.76 | 0.11 | 83.87 | 0.48 | 84.35 | 82.74 | 85.86 | 3.12 | 0.59 |
| Småland and the islands | 83.46 | 81.79 | 85.15 | 3.36 | −0.19 | 83.27 | 0.57 | 83.84 | 82.03 | 85.66 | 3.63 | 0.38 |
| West Sweden | 82.96 | 81.29 | 84.55 | 3.26 | 0.01 | 82.97 | 0.57 | 83.54 | 81.93 | 85.16 | 3.23 | 0.58 |
| East Middle Sweden | 82.86 | 81.29 | 84.55 | 3.26 | −0.09 | 82.77 | 0.47 | 83.24 | 81.53 | 84.86 | 3.33 | 0.38 |
| South Sweden | 82.96 | 81.49 | 84.45 | 2.96 | −0.29 | 82.67 | 0.37 | 83.04 | 81.53 | 84.66 | 3.13 | 0.08 |
| North Middle Sweden | 82.56 | 80.69 | 84.45 | 3.76 | −0.29 | 82.27 | 0.77 | 83.04 | 81.53 | 84.56 | 3.03 | 0.48 |
| Upper Norrland | 82.06 | 80.49 | 83.65 | 3.16 | 0.01 | 82.07 | 0.57 | 82.64 | 81.23 | 84.06 | 2.83 | 0.58 |
| Middle Norrland | 81.96 | 80.29 | 83.75 | 3.46 | 0.01 | 81.97 | 0.57 | 82.54 | 81.13 | 83.96 | 2.83 | 0.58 |
Data source: Global Data Lab[10]
