List of Finnish regions by life expectancy

Finland is administratively divided into 19 regions. According to estimation of Statistics Finland, life expectancy at birth in the country in 2023 was 81.57 years (78.96 years for male and 84.19 years for female). ^{[1] [2]}

According to alternative estimation of the United Nations, in 2023 life expectancy in Finland was 81.91 years (79.17 for male, 84.67 for female). ^[3]

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023: 81.69 years total (79.10 for male, 84.40 for female). ^[4]

Estimation of Eurostat for 2023: 81.6 years total (79.0 for male, 84.3 for female). ^{[5] [6]}

According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in Finland was 81.6 years (79.2 years for male and 84.0 years for female). And healthy life expectancy was 71.0 years (69.9 years for male and 72.0 years for female). ^[7]

In 2020-2022 period, the difference in life expectancy between the most prosperous and disadvantaged regions was 3.52 years. In 2019-2021, this difference was 3.30 years. ^[8]

Statistics Finland

Average values for 3-year periods. By default the table is sorted by 2019–2021.

region	2019-2021				change	2020-2022
	overall	male	female	F Δ M		overall	male	female	F Δ M
Finland on average	81.83	79.11	84.54	5.43	−0.23	81.60	78.93	84.28	5.35
Åland	83.75	81.28	86.30	5.02	−0.28	83.47	81.17	85.84	4.67
Ostrobothnia	83.27	81.24	85.35	4.11	−0.17	83.10	81.05	85.21	4.16
Central Ostrobothnia	82.55	80.08	85.10	5.02	−0.23	82.32	79.85	84.90	5.05
Pirkanmaa	82.51	80.04	84.85	4.81	−0.33	82.18	79.75	84.52	4.77
Southwest Finland	82.35	79.59	85.05	5.46	−0.21	82.14	79.50	84.74	5.24
South Ostrobothnia	82.25	79.62	84.95	5.33	−0.42	81.83	79.24	84.49	5.25
Uusimaa	82.15	79.41	84.68	5.27	−0.24	81.91	79.23	84.39	5.16
Central Finland	81.93	79.23	84.68	5.45	−0.40	81.53	78.74	84.42	5.68
North Ostrobothnia	81.93	79.16	84.84	5.68	−0.27	81.66	78.98	84.47	5.49
Kanta-Häme	81.64	78.78	84.52	5.74	0.05	81.69	79.09	84.30	5.21
Päijät-Häme	81.20	78.40	83.94	5.54	−0.13	81.07	78.40	83.68	5.28
Lapland	81.13	78.50	83.95	5.45	−0.15	80.98	78.16	84.06	5.90
North Savo	81.06	78.26	83.97	5.71	−0.21	80.85	77.95	83.91	5.96
Satakunta	81.04	78.07	84.15	6.08	−0.39	80.65	77.83	83.62	5.79
South Karelia	80.90	77.96	83.92	5.96	0.17	81.07	78.02	84.28	6.26
South Savo	80.85	77.85	84.03	6.18	−0.39	80.46	77.49	83.62	6.13
North Karelia	80.67	77.69	83.91	6.22	0.15	80.82	77.92	83.97	6.05
Kymenlaakso	80.47	77.39	83.71	6.32	0.03	80.50	77.49	83.69	6.20
Kainuu	80.45	77.89	83.20	5.31	−0.50	79.95	77.47	82.63	5.16

Data source: Statistics Finland ^[8]

Maps of division of Finland into regions and NUTS-2 regions:

Lapland   North Ostrobothnia   Kainuu   North Karelia   North Savo   South Savo   South Ostrobothnia   Ostrobothnia   Central Ostrobothnia   Central Finland   Pirkanmaa   Satakunta   Southwest Finland   Kanta-Häme   Päijät-Häme   South Karelia   Kymenlaakso   Uusimaa   Åland

Eurostat (2019—2023)

See also: List of European regions by life expectancy

By default, the table is sorted by 2023.

code	NUTS-2 region	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
	Finland on average	81.3	78.4	84.1	5.7	0.8	82.1	79.3	84.8	5.5	−0.5	81.6	79.0	84.3	5.3	0.3
FI20	Åland	83.0	81.3	84.7	3.4	0.9	83.9	81.7	86.4	4.7	1.2	85.1	82.0	88.5	6.5	2.1
FI1B	Helsinki-Uusimaa	81.8	79.1	84.3	5.2	0.8	82.6	79.9	85.1	5.2	−0.4	82.2	79.7	84.5	4.8	0.4
FI19	Western Finland	81.4	78.4	84.3	5.9	0.9	82.3	79.7	85.0	5.3	−0.9	81.4	78.8	84.2	5.4	0.0
FI1C	Southern Finland	81.1	78.1	84.0	5.9	0.6	81.7	78.7	84.7	6.0	−0.3	81.4	78.7	84.2	5.5	0.3
FI1D	North & East Finland	80.7	77.6	83.9	6.3	0.8	81.5	78.9	84.2	5.3	−0.3	81.2	78.7	83.9	5.2	0.5

Data source: Eurostat ^{[9] [10]}

Life expectancy in Finnish regions in comparison with regions of other European countries in 2019 and 2022, according to Eurostat ^{[9] [10]}
(legends on the maps are identical)

Global Data Lab (2019–2022)

Main article: List of European regions by life expectancy § Estimate of the 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
Finland on average	81.87	79.18	84.52	5.34	0.17	82.04	0.31	82.35	79.79	84.89	5.10	0.48
Åland	83.68	81.49	86.12	4.63	1.02	84.70	−0.45	84.25	82.32	86.10	3.78	0.57
Helsinki-Uusimaa	82.38	79.70	84.83	5.13	0.02	82.40	0.43	82.83	80.29	85.09	4.80	0.45
Western Finland	82.08	79.50	84.73	5.23	0.32	82.40	−0.08	82.32	79.78	84.89	5.11	0.24
Southern Finland	81.48	78.50	84.43	5.93	0.22	81.70	0.62	82.32	79.68	84.99	5.31	0.84
North & East Finland	81.28	78.70	83.93	5.23	0.12	81.40	0.31	81.71	79.17	84.48	5.31	0.43

Data source: Global Data Lab ^[11]

Charts

• 
  Development of life expectancy in Finland according to estimation of the World Bank Group ^[4]
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  Life expectancy with calculated sex gap ^[4]
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  Life expectancy in Finland according to estimation of Our World in Data ^[12]
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  Development of life expectancy in Finland in comparison to some European countries ^[4]
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  Development of life expectancy in Finland in comparison to the other large Nordic countries ^[4]
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  Development of life expectancy in Finland in comparison to the other Nordic countries ^[4]

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  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Finland on the background of other countries of Europe in 2019 ^[7]
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  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately ^[7]

See also

• List of countries by life expectancy
• List of European countries by life expectancy
• Demographics of Finland

References

1. "Life expectancies record high in Finland in 2024". Statistics Finland. 29 April 2025.
2. "12am -- Life expectancy at birth by sex, 1751-2024". Statistics Finland . Retrieved 24 June 2025.
3. "World Population Prospects 2024" (XLSX). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 27 July 2024. — see file "Compact (most used: estimates and medium projections)"
4. "Life expectancy at birth, total - Finland". World Bank Group.
5. "Life expectancy at birth by sex". Eurostat. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025. — Dataset
6. "Life expectancy at birth by sex". Eurostat. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025. — Table. For visualization use the tab "Map"
7. "Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by country". World Health Organization. 4 December 2020.
8. "12an -- Life expectancy at birth by sex and region, 1990-1992 -- 2020-2022". Statistics Finland . Retrieved 10 August 2024.
9. "Life expectancy at birth by sex and NUTS 2 region". Eurostat. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025. — Dataset
10. "Life expectancy at birth by sex and NUTS 2 region". Eurostat. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025. — Table. For visualization use tab "Map"
11. "Life expectancy 2022 - Maps | Subnational HDI (v8.0)". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
12. "Life expectancy at birth: Finland". Our World in Data.