List of Swedish counties by life expectancy

Statistics Sweden

Average values for 5-year periods. By default the table is sorted by 2019-2023.

county	2014-2018				change	2019-2023
	male	female	sex gap	arith. mean		male	female	sex gap	arith. mean
Sweden	80.55	84.10	3.55	82.32	0.62	81.21	84.69	3.48	82.95
Halland County	81.52	84.78	3.26	83.15	0.88	82.52	85.53	3.01	84.03
Uppsala County	81.38	84.65	3.27	83.02	0.59	82.00	85.22	3.22	83.61
Kronoberg County	81.56	84.73	3.17	83.15	0.31	81.96	84.95	2.99	83.45
Stockholm County	81.04	84.56	3.52	82.80	0.77	81.74	85.41	3.67	83.57
Jönköping County	81.00	84.54	3.54	82.77	0.54	81.55	85.08	3.53	83.31
Östergötland County	80.78	84.20	3.42	82.49	0.46	81.34	84.57	3.23	82.95
Gotland County	80.43	84.18	3.75	82.31	1.04	81.32	85.38	4.06	83.35
Kalmar County	80.18	83.88	3.70	82.03	1.04	81.24	84.91	3.67	83.07
Dalarna County	80.47	83.82	3.35	82.14	0.84	81.20	84.76	3.56	82.98
Västerbotten County	80.36	83.68	3.32	82.02	0.68	81.16	84.24	3.08	82.70
Skåne County	80.59	84.22	3.63	82.41	0.46	81.14	84.59	3.45	82.87
Västra Götaland County	80.53	84.07	3.54	82.30	0.54	81.11	84.57	3.46	82.84
Blekinge County	79.77	83.84	4.07	81.81	0.76	81.02	84.12	3.10	82.57
Örebro County	79.91	84.03	4.12	81.97	0.66	80.71	84.55	3.84	82.63
Värmland County	79.75	83.80	4.05	81.78	0.83	80.71	84.50	3.79	82.60
Jämtland County	80.04	83.54	3.50	81.79	0.64	80.70	84.15	3.45	82.43
Södermanland County	80.03	83.78	3.75	81.91	0.38	80.61	83.95	3.34	82.28
Västmanland County	80.33	83.87	3.54	82.10	0.31	80.53	84.29	3.76	82.41
Gävleborg County	79.54	83.05	3.51	81.30	0.74	80.22	83.85	3.63	82.03
Västernorrland County	79.54	83.00	3.46	81.27	0.53	80.09	83.52	3.43	81.81
Norrbotten County	79.14	83.20	4.06	81.17	0.56	79.95	83.52	3.57	81.73

Data source: Statistics Sweden (SCB). ^{[1] [2]}

Maps of division of Sweden into counties and NUTS-2 regions:

AB: Stockholm County AC: Västerbotten County BD: Norrbotten County C: Uppsala County D: Södermanland County E: Östergötland County F: Jönköping County G: Kronoberg County H: Kalmar County I: Gotland County K: Blekinge County M: Skåne County N: Halland County O: Västra Götaland County S: Värmland County T: Örebro County U: Västmanland County W: Dalarna County X: Gävleborg County Y: Västernorrland County Z: Jämtland County

Eurostat (2019—2022)

See also: List of European regions by life expectancy

By default, the table is sorted by 2022.

code	NUTS-2 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	83.2	81.5	84.8	3.3	−0.1	83.1	0.0	83.1	81.4	84.8	3.4	−0.1
SE11	Stockholm	83.9	81.9	85.7	3.8	0.2	84.1	−0.1	84.0	82.3	85.6	3.3	0.1
SE21	Småland and the islands	83.6	81.9	85.3	3.4	−0.1	83.5	0.0	83.5	81.6	85.4	3.8	−0.1
SE23	West Sweden	83.1	81.4	84.7	3.3	0.1	83.2	0.0	83.2	81.5	84.9	3.4	0.1
SE12	East Middle Sweden	83.0	81.4	84.7	3.3	0.0	83.0	−0.1	82.9	81.1	84.6	3.5	−0.1
SE22	South Sweden	83.1	81.6	84.6	3.0	−0.2	82.9	−0.2	82.7	81.1	84.4	3.3	−0.4
SE31	North Middle Sweden	82.7	80.8	84.6	3.8	−0.2	82.5	0.2	82.7	81.1	84.3	3.2	0.0
SE33	Upper Norrland	82.2	80.6	83.8	3.2	0.1	82.3	0.0	82.3	80.8	83.8	3.0	0.1
SE32	Middle Norrland	82.1	80.4	83.9	3.5	0.1	82.2	0.0	82.2	80.7	83.7	3.0	0.1

Data source: Eurostat ^{[3] [4]}

Life expectancy in Swedish regions in comparison with regions of other European countries in 2019 and 2022, according to Eurostat ^{[3] [4]}
(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
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 ^[5]

Charts

• 
  Development of life expectancy in Sweden according to estimation of the World Bank Group ^[6]
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  Life expectancy with calculated sex gap ^[6]
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  Life expectancy in Sweden according to estimation of Our World in Data ^[7]
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  Development of life expectancy in Sweden in comparison to some European countries ^[6]
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  Development of life expectancy in Sweden in comparison to the other large Nordic countries ^[6]
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  Development of life expectancy in Sweden in comparison to the other Nordic countries ^[6]

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  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Sweden on the background of other countries of Europe in 2019 ^[8]
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  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately ^[8]

See also

• List of countries by life expectancy
• List of European countries by life expectancy
• Counties of Sweden
• Demographics of Sweden

References

1. "Life expectancy at birth by region and sex 1998-2002 - 2019-2023". Statistics Sweden . Retrieved 8 August 2024.
2. "Life expectancy by county and sex 1966-1970 - 2019-2023". Statistics Sweden . Retrieved 8 August 2024.
3. "Life expectancy at birth by sex and NUTS 2 region". Eurostat. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024. — Dataset
4. "Life expectancy at birth by sex and NUTS 2 region". Eurostat. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024. — Table. For visualization use tab "Map"
5. "Life expectancy 2022 - Maps | Subnational HDI (v8.0)". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
6. "Life expectancy at birth, total - Sweden". World Bank Group.
7. "Life expectancy at birth: Sweden". Our World in Data.
8. "Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by country". World Health Organization. 4 December 2020.