List of Swedish counties by life expectancy

According to estimation of the United Nations, in 2023 life expectancy in Sweden was 83.26 years (81.44 for male, 85.10 for female). ^[1]

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023: 83.31 years total (81.70 for male, 85.00 for female). ^[2]

Estimation of Eurostat for 2023: 83.4 years total (81.7 for male, 85.0 for female). ^{[3] [4]}

According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in Sweden was 82.4 years (80.8 years for male and 84.0 years for female). And healthy life expectancy was 71.9 years (71.7 years for male and 72.1 years for female). ^[5]

Statistics Sweden

Average values for 5-year periods. By default the table is sorted by arithmetic mean for 2020-2024. Some values are rounded.

county	2014-2018				change	2019-2023				change	2020-2024
	male	female	sex gap	arith. mean		male	female	sex gap	arith. mean		male	female	sex gap	arith. mean
Sweden	80.55	84.10	3.55	82.33	0.62	81.21	84.69	3.48	82.95	0.16	81.40	84.81	3.41	83.11
Halland County	81.52	84.78	3.26	83.15	0.88	82.52	85.53	3.01	84.03	0.08	82.64	85.57	2.93	84.11
Stockholm County	81.04	84.56	3.52	82.80	0.78	81.74	85.41	3.67	83.58	0.24	82.07	85.57	3.50	83.82
Uppsala County	81.38	84.65	3.27	83.02	0.59	82.00	85.22	3.22	83.61	0.06	82.06	85.29	3.23	83.67
Kronoberg County	81.56	84.73	3.17	83.14	0.31	81.96	84.95	2.99	83.45	0.09	82.09	85.00	2.91	83.55
Jönköping County	81.00	84.54	3.54	82.77	0.55	81.55	85.08	3.53	83.31	0.16	81.75	85.19	3.44	83.47
Gotland County	80.43	84.18	3.75	82.31	1.04	81.32	85.38	4.06	83.35	0.12	81.40	85.53	4.13	83.47
Dalarna County	80.47	83.82	3.35	82.14	0.84	81.20	84.76	3.56	82.98	0.16	81.51	84.78	3.27	83.14
Kalmar County	80.18	83.88	3.70	82.03	1.05	81.24	84.91	3.67	83.08	0.06	81.33	84.95	3.62	83.14
Östergötland County	80.78	84.20	3.42	82.49	0.47	81.34	84.57	3.23	82.95	0.13	81.41	84.76	3.35	83.08
Västra Götaland County	80.53	84.07	3.54	82.30	0.54	81.11	84.57	3.46	82.84	0.16	81.26	84.75	3.49	83.00
Skåne County	80.59	84.22	3.63	82.41	0.46	81.14	84.59	3.45	82.86	0.14	81.32	84.68	3.36	83.00
Örebro County	79.91	84.03	4.12	81.97	0.66	80.71	84.55	3.84	82.63	0.20	80.99	84.67	3.68	82.83
Västerbotten County	80.36	83.68	3.32	82.02	0.68	81.16	84.24	3.08	82.70	0.05	81.23	84.26	3.03	82.75
Värmland County	79.75	83.80	4.05	81.78	0.83	80.71	84.50	3.79	82.61	0.10	80.83	84.59	3.76	82.71
Jämtland County	80.04	83.54	3.50	81.79	0.63	80.70	84.15	3.45	82.42	0.26	81.11	84.26	3.15	82.69
Västmanland County	80.33	83.87	3.54	82.10	0.31	80.53	84.29	3.76	82.41	0.25	80.87	84.44	3.57	82.66
Blekinge County	79.77	83.84	4.07	81.81	0.76	81.02	84.12	3.10	82.57	0.08	81.08	84.22	3.14	82.65
Södermanland County	80.03	83.78	3.75	81.91	0.38	80.61	83.95	3.34	82.28	0.16	80.79	84.08	3.29	82.44
Gävleborg County	79.54	83.05	3.51	81.30	0.74	80.22	83.85	3.63	82.03	0.16	80.46	83.92	3.46	82.19
Norrbotten County	79.14	83.20	4.06	81.17	0.56	79.95	83.52	3.57	81.73	0.22	80.10	83.82	3.72	81.96
Västernorrland County	79.54	83.00	3.46	81.27	0.54	80.09	83.52	3.43	81.81	0.11	80.09	83.74	3.65	81.92

Data source: Statistics Sweden (SCB). ^{[6] [7]}

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 (2014—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
	Sweden on average	82.3	80.4	84.2	3.8	0.9	83.2	81.5	84.8	3.3	0.2	83.4	81.7	85.0	3.3	1.1
SE11	Stockholm	82.7	80.9	84.4	3.5	1.2	83.9	81.9	85.7	3.8	0.6	84.5	82.8	86.0	3.2	1.8
SE21	Småland and the islands	82.7	80.7	84.7	4.0	0.9	83.6	81.9	85.3	3.4	−0.1	83.5	82.0	85.1	3.1	0.8
SE23	West Sweden	82.4	80.5	84.4	3.9	0.7	83.1	81.4	84.7	3.3	0.3	83.4	81.7	85.0	3.3	1.0
SE12	East Middle Sweden	82.5	80.7	84.2	3.5	0.5	83.0	81.4	84.7	3.3	0.2	83.2	81.6	84.9	3.3	0.7
SE22	South Sweden	82.2	80.2	84.2	4.0	0.9	83.1	81.6	84.6	3.0	−0.1	83.0	81.3	84.8	3.5	0.8
SE31	North Middle Sweden	81.7	79.8	83.5	3.7	1.0	82.7	80.8	84.6	3.8	0.1	82.8	81.2	84.6	3.4	1.1
SE33	Upper Norrland	81.5	79.6	83.6	4.0	0.7	82.2	80.6	83.8	3.2	0.2	82.4	80.6	84.3	3.7	0.9
SE32	Middle Norrland	81.1	79.4	82.9	3.5	1.0	82.1	80.4	83.9	3.5	0.2	82.3	80.8	83.9	3.1	1.2

Data source: Eurostat ^{[8] [9]}

Life expectancy in Swedish regions in comparison with regions of other European countries in 2019 and 2022, according to Eurostat ^{[8] [9]}
(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 ^[10]

Charts

• 
  Development of life expectancy in Sweden according to estimation of the World Bank Group ^[2]
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  Life expectancy with calculated sex gap ^[2]
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  Life expectancy in Sweden according to estimation of Our World in Data ^[11]
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  Development of life expectancy in Sweden in comparison to some European countries ^[2]
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  Development of life expectancy in Sweden in comparison to the other large Nordic countries ^[2]
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  Development of life expectancy in Sweden in comparison to the other Nordic countries ^[2]

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  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Sweden on the background of other countries of Europe in 2019 ^[5]
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  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately ^[5]

See also

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

References

1. "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)"
2. "Life expectancy at birth, total - Sweden". World Bank Group.
3. "Life expectancy at birth by sex". Eurostat. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025. — Dataset
4. "Life expectancy at birth by sex". Eurostat. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025. — Table. For visualization use the tab "Map"
5. "Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by country". World Health Organization. 4 December 2020.
6. "Life expectancy at birth by region and sex 1998-2002 - 2020-2024". Statistics Sweden . Retrieved 6 June 2025.
7. "Life expectancy by county and sex 1966-1970 - 2020-2024". Statistics Sweden . Retrieved 6 June 2025.
8. "Life expectancy at birth by sex and NUTS 2 region". Eurostat. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025. — Dataset
9. "Life expectancy at birth by sex and NUTS 2 region". Eurostat. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025. — Table. For visualization use tab "Map"
10. "Life expectancy 2022 - Maps | Subnational HDI (v8.0)". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
11. "Life expectancy at birth: Sweden". Our World in Data.