Finland is administratively divided into 19 regions. One of regions, Åland, has a special status and a higher degree of autonomy due to its unique history and the fact that the overwhelming majority of its people are Finland Swedes. 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).
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). — see file "Compact (most used: estimates and medium projections)"
Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023: 81.69 years total (79.10 for male, 84.40 for female).
Estimation of Eurostat for 2023: 81.6 years total (79.0 for male, 84.3 for female). — Dataset — Table. For visualization use the tab "Map"
According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in Finland was 81.65 years (79.11 years for male and 84.15 years for female). And healthy life expectancy was 70.19 years (69.05 years for male and 71.29 years for female).
In 2022–2024 period, the difference in life expectancy between the most prosperous and disadvantaged regions was 3.55 years. In 2019–2021, this difference was 3.30 years.
Statistics Finland Average values for 3-year periods. By default the table is sorted by 2019–2021.
region2019–20212020–20222021–20232022–2024malefemaleoverallmalefemaleF Δ MoverallmalefemaleF Δ MoverallmalefemaleF Δ M Finland on average 81.83 79.11 84.54 5.43 −0.23 81.60 78.93 84.28 5.35 −0.08 81.52 78.91 84.14 5.23 0.13 81.65 79.07 84.24 5.17 −0.18 Åland 83.75 81.28 86.30 5.02 −0.28 83.47 81.17 85.84 4.67 0.57 84.04 81.77 86.44 4.67 −0.31 83.73 81.40 86.12 4.72 −0.02 Ostrobothnia 83.27 81.24 85.35 4.11 −0.17 83.10 81.05 85.21 4.16 −0.05 83.05 80.86 85.33 4.47 0.07 83.12 80.91 85.45 4.54 −0.15 Central Ostrobothnia 82.55 80.08 85.10 5.02 −0.23 82.32 79.85 84.90 5.05 −0.05 82.27 80.40 84.13 3.73 −0.05 82.22 80.51 83.91 3.40 −0.33 Pirkanmaa 82.51 80.04 84.85 4.81 −0.33 82.18 79.75 84.52 4.77 −0.28 81.90 79.41 84.34 4.93 −0.06 81.84 79.22 84.42 5.20 −0.67 Southwest Finland 82.35 79.59 85.05 5.46 −0.21 82.14 79.50 84.74 5.24 −0.20 81.94 79.26 84.60 5.34 0.04 81.98 79.35 84.58 5.23 −0.37 South Ostrobothnia 82.25 79.62 84.95 5.33 −0.42 81.83 79.24 84.49 5.25 −0.45 81.38 78.86 83.99 5.13 −0.22 81.16 78.74 83.68 4.94 −1.09 Uusimaa 82.15 79.41 84.68 5.27 −0.24 81.91 79.23 84.39 5.16 0.03 81.94 79.38 84.30 4.92 0.21 82.15 79.69 84.41 4.72 0.00 Central Finland 81.93 79.23 84.68 5.45 −0.40 81.53 78.74 84.42 5.68 −0.26 81.27 78.54 84.11 5.57 0.16 81.43 78.52 84.48 5.96 −0.50 North Ostrobothnia 81.93 79.16 84.84 5.68 −0.27 81.66 78.98 84.47 5.49 −0.05 81.61 79.16 84.17 5.01 0.16 81.77 79.32 84.33 5.01 −0.16 Kanta-Häme 81.64 78.78 84.52 5.74 0.05 81.69 79.09 84.30 5.21 −0.11 81.58 79.12 84.04 4.92 0.26 81.84 79.39 84.32 4.93 0.20 Päijät-Häme 81.20 78.40 83.94 5.54 −0.13 81.07 78.40 83.68 5.28 −0.30 80.77 77.99 83.55 5.56 0.07 80.84 78.19 83.47 5.28 −0.36 Lapland 81.13 78.50 83.95 5.45 −0.15 80.98 78.16 84.06 5.90 −0.15 80.83 78.16 83.72 5.56 0.01 80.84 78.57 83.27 4.70 −0.29 North Savo 81.06 78.26 83.97 5.71 −0.21 80.85 77.95 83.91 5.96 −0.04 80.81 77.92 83.84 5.92 0.26 81.07 78.20 84.07 5.87 0.01 Satakunta 81.04 78.07 84.15 6.08 −0.39 80.65 77.83 83.62 5.79 −0.17 80.48 77.73 83.36 5.63 0.19 80.67 77.81 83.68 5.87 −0.37 South Karelia 80.90 77.96 83.92 5.96 0.17 81.07 78.02 84.28 6.26 0.08 81.15 78.28 84.21 5.93 0.30 81.45 78.44 84.67 6.23 0.55 South Savo 80.85 77.85 84.03 6.18 −0.39 80.46 77.49 83.62 6.13 0.02 80.48 77.71 83.45 5.74 0.21 80.69 78.04 83.51 5.47 −0.16 North Karelia 80.67 77.69 83.91 6.22 0.15 80.82 77.92 83.97 6.05 0.10 80.92 78.08 83.98 5.90 0.02 80.94 77.99 84.14 6.15 0.27 Kymenlaakso 80.47 77.39 83.71 6.32 0.03 80.50 77.49 83.69 6.20 0.09 80.59 77.43 84.00 6.57 0.23 80.82 77.79 84.05 6.26 0.35 Kainuu 80.45 77.89 83.20 5.31 −0.50 79.95 77.47 82.63 5.16 −0.08 79.87 77.11 82.97 5.86 0.31 80.18 77.24 83.56 6.32 −0.27
Data source: Statistics Finland
Maps of division of Finland into regions and NUTS-2 regions:
Eurostat (2019—2023)
By default, the table is sorted by 2023.
NUTS-2 region2014201920232014→2023malefemale overallmalefemale overallmalefemale 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 — Dataset — Table. For visualization use tab "Map"
Global Data Lab (2019–2022)
region201920212021→202220222019→2022malefemale overalloverallmalefemale 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
Charts
See also
List of countries by life expectancy List of European countries by life expectancy Demographics of Finland
References