Rome, 26 Oct. (LaPresse) – Life expectancy continues to rise: a new record for both sexes is expected in 2025. In 2025, life expectancy at birth is 83.7 years, a slight increase compared with 2024 (+0.2 years according to the most recent provisional estimates) and more than a year higher than in 2014, when it stood at 82.6 years. This marks the highest level ever recorded: 81.7 years for men and 85.7 years for women. These figures emerge from the thirteenth edition of the Report on Equitable and Sustainable Well-being (BES) produced by Istat. Life expectancy at birth, which in Italy is among the highest in the world, remains above the European average (+2.2 years), with the gap being wider for men (+2.7 years) than for women (+1.6 years). There are also favourable results for avoidable mortality (16.0 standardised deaths per 10,000 residents compared with 23.8 in the EU27). The rate of intentional homicides places Italy in a more favourable position than the EU27 average; this advantage applies to both men and women.
Istat, BES report: ‘Italians live longer, life expectancy at birth above the EU average’
Rome, 26 Oct. (LaPresse) – Life expectancy continues to rise: a new record for both sexes is expected in 2025. In 2025, life expectancy at birth is 83.7 years, a slight increase compared with 2024 (+0.2 years according to the most recent provisional estimates) and more than a year higher than in 2014, when it stood at 82.6 years. This marks the highest level ever recorded: 81.7 years for men and 85.7 years for women. These figures emerge from the thirteenth edition of the Report on Equitable and Sustainable Well-being (BES) produced by Istat. Life expectancy at birth, which in Italy is among the highest in the world, remains above the European average (+2.2 years), with the gap being wider for men (+2.7 years) than for women (+1.6 years). There are also favourable results for avoidable mortality (16.0 standardised deaths per 10,000 residents compared with 23.8 in the EU27). The rate of intentional homicides places Italy in a more favourable position than the EU27 average; this advantage applies to both men and women.