Life expectancy in Estonia
Estonia: Life expectancy was 79.15 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Estonia, 1897–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 79.15 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 78 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Estonia peaked at 79.15 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 43 years, in 1897.
Estonia ranks 65th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 78 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 43 years | 43 years | 43 years | 1 |
| 1900s | 43.1 years | 43.1 years | 43.1 years | 1 |
| 1920s | 51.7 years | 51.7 years | 51.7 years | 1 |
| 1930s | 56.27 years | 56.27 years | 56.27 years | 1 |
| 1950s | 67.85 years | 66.36 years | 68.77 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 70.26 years | 69.34 years | 70.98 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 70.16 years | 69.41 years | 70.81 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 70.12 years | 69.34 years | 70.97 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 69.24 years | 66.74 years | 70.68 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 72.63 years | 70.83 years | 75.15 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.37 years | 75.88 years | 78.77 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.41 years | 77.41 years | 79.15 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
- 62 Anguilla 79.31 years compare
- 63 United States 79.3 years compare
- 64 Falkland Islands 79.21 years compare
- 66 Northern Mariana Islands 78.81 years compare
- 67 New Caledonia 78.77 years compare
- 68 Saudi Arabia 78.73 years compare
More health data for Estonia
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 6,770 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 21.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 21, male, interpolated 6,758 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 6,550 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 7,202 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 6,967 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 423,871 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 297,914 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 7,263 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 7,536 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Estonia?
- Life expectancy in Estonia was 79.15 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 79.15 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 43 years in 1897.
- How does Estonia rank for life expectancy?
- Estonia ranks 65th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.