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2025 09 30
Nordic life expectancy hits 83.2 years, exceeding pre-pandemic level
In 2024, life expectancy at birth in the Nordics was 83.2 years, an increase of 0.6 years from 2023 and for the first time exceeding pre-pandemic levels. Life expectancy in the respective countries ranged from 82.3 (Denmark) to 84.1 years (Sweden), with the exception of Greenland which stood out with 71.3 years. The gap in life expectancy between men and women is steadily decreasing.
2025 09 25
Release
September update 2025
We are happy to announce that the Nordic Statistics Database has been updated. Some examples of what has been added:
2025 08 29
Children and young people II – Family and living conditions
The Nordics are often described as having generous family and social policies. This is partly reflected in the high shares of children that are enrolled in day care. Young individuals also tend to move out from their parents’ homes earlier than in the EU, especially young women. When it comes to children living in households at risk of poverty, most Nordic countries display lower rates than the EU. Sweden is the exception, with rates close to the EU average.

The Nordic Statistics database

Nordic Statistics is a collection of comparative Nordic statistics which has existed and been funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers since the mid-1960s. The Nordic Statistics database contains about two hundred matrices. 

The data is gathered from the Nordic Statistical Institutes (NSIs), the Nomesco-Nososco committees, other Nordic statistics producers as well as international sources such as Eurostat, OECD and the UN. For more details read here.