Life expectancy vs. health spending in Romania
Romania: Life expectancy vs. health spending was 75.94 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy vs. health spending in Romania, 1950–2023
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, life expectancy vs. health spending in Romania stood at 75.94 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. health spending in Romania peaked at 75.94 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 60.51 years, in 1950.
Romania ranks 112th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 62.91 years | 60.51 years | 64.93 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 67.53 years | 65.61 years | 68.39 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 69.17 years | 67.93 years | 69.9 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 69.54 years | 69.05 years | 69.91 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 69.59 years | 68.82 years | 70.58 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 71.82 years | 70.82 years | 73.46 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.71 years | 73.58 years | 75.33 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.5 years | 72.74 years | 75.94 years | 4 |
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More health data for Romania
- Population ages 0-14, male 1.51 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 14.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 67.1% (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 105,173 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 110,408 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 103,189 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 110,212 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 106,395 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 98,604 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 16.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy vs. health spending in Romania?
- Life expectancy vs. health spending in Romania was 75.94 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 75.94 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.51 years in 1950.
- How does Romania rank for life expectancy vs. health spending?
- Romania ranks 112th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy vs. health spending rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy at birth.