What is life expectancy in Romania?

Life expectancy in Romania was 75.94 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 Romania?

The highest recorded value was 75.94 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Romania?

The lowest recorded value was 42.01 years in 1932.

How does Romania rank for life expectancy?

Romania ranks 112th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy 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 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.

Life expectancy in Romania

Name: Life expectancy in Romania
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Romania: Life expectancy was 75.94 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

75.94 years

Change on year

up 0.9%

World rank

112th

of 236 countries

All-time high

75.94 years

in 2023

All-time low

42.01 years

in 1932

Years of data

1932–2023

Life expectancy in Romania, 1932–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, life expectancy in Romania stood at 75.94 years. That is the highest value across all 75 years on record.

The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Romania peaked at 75.94 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 42.01 years, in 1932.

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 75 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1930s	42.01 years	42.01 years	42.01 years	1
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

Countries ranked near Romania

109 Cape Verde 76.06 years compare
110 Mayotte 76.05 years compare
111 Lithuania 76.03 years compare
113 Brazil 75.85 years compare
114 Armenia 75.68 years compare
115 Bulgaria 75.64 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Romania

Population ages 65 and above, female 2.31 million (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 102,152 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 6.05 million (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 103,712 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 99,111 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 102,853 (2025)
Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 98,407 (2025)
Population ages 0-14, male 16.4% (2025)
Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 97,788 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 102,204 (2025)

All data for Romania →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Romania?: Life expectancy in Romania was 75.94 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 Romania?: The highest recorded value was 75.94 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Romania?: The lowest recorded value was 42.01 years in 1932.
How does Romania rank for life expectancy?: Romania ranks 112th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy 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 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

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.