Demographic analysis: Life expectancy in Sweden 2021–2025
Stockholm highest life expectancy among Swedish counties for the first time
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2026-05-27 8.00
The most recent five-year-period, 2021–2025, the life expectancy in Sweden was 85,1 years for women and 81,8 years for men. Compared to the period 2016–2020 life expectancy has increased with 0,8 years for women and 1,0 years for men. Among the counties, the life expectancy was highest in Stockholm, both for women and for men. The previous period Halland county had the highest life expectancy.
A new report from Statistics Sweden describes life expectancy for the period 2021–2025. It describes trends in life expectancy in Sweden, in total, by counties and in municipalities with more than 30 000 inhabitants. For all 290 municipalities, mortality is presented using standardized mortality rates (SMR). The report also includes comparisons with other countries.
Definitions and explanations
Average remaining life expectancy is normally referred to as “life expectancy”. This is an index that describes mortality in all ages for a year or a specific period. Mortality is shown in a life table and the average number of years remaining is calculated for all ages.
These statistics have been produced based on data in Statistics Sweden’s Population Register and Education Register.
Publication
The report is only available in Swedish: Livslängden i Sverige 2021–2025
Life expectancy by level of education
In addition to the report, life expectancy by level of education is published the Statistical Database. The publication includes complete life tables from 30 years in the following tables:
- Life tables by level of education, region of birth (Swedish born and foreign born), sex and age.
- Life tables by level of education, type of household, sex and age (limited to the population born in Sweden).
- Life tables by level of education, county, sex and age. Five-year periods (limited to the population born in Sweden).