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Life expectancy at birth
Average life expectancy at birth in Hungary since 1960, compared with the EU.
- Latest
- 76.8 years2024
- over one year
- +0.1 years2023: 76.7 years
- Record high
- 76.8 years2024
- Record low
- 67.9 years1962
- Data since
- 196068.1 years
Life expectancy at birth
years
76.8 years
2024
+0.1 yearsover one year
HungaryEU average
Fidesz
Source: Eurostat
About this indicator
Life expectancy at birth is one of the key measures of population health. In Hungary it stagnated in the 1970s and 1980s, began rising after 1990, but is still several years below the EU average.
The latest figure (2024) is 76.8 years, under the Orbán Viktor government. The series goes back to 1960; the highest value was 76.8 years (2024) and the lowest 67.9 years (1962).
Source: Eurostat (demo_mlexpec) · Updated: 27 Oct 2026 21:41 UTC · Download data (CSV)
By government
The value when each government took office and when it left (or the latest figure), plus the average during the term.
| Government | At start | At end / now | Change | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Magyar Péter (Tisza)Magyar · 2026–in office | no data yet | – | – | – |
Orbán Viktor (Fidesz)Orbán II–V · 2010–2026 | 74.4 years | 76.8 years | +2.4 years | 75.7 years |
Bajnai Gordon (MSZP)Bajnai · 2009–2010 | 74.2 years | 74.4 years | +0.2 years | 74.4 years |
Gyurcsány Ferenc (MSZP)Gyurcsány · 2004–2009 | 73.0 years | 74.2 years | +1.2 years | 73.6 years |
Medgyessy Péter (MSZP)Medgyessy · 2002–2004 | 72.5 years | 73.0 years | +0.5 years | 72.7 years |
Orbán Viktor (Fidesz)Orbán I · 1998–2002 | 71.0 years | 72.5 years | +1.5 years | 71.8 years |
Horn Gyula (MSZP)Horn · 1994–1998 | 69.6 years | 71.0 years | +1.4 years | 70.7 years |
Boross Péter (MDF)Boross · 1993–1994 | 69.2 years | 69.6 years | +0.4 years | 69.6 years |
Antall József (MDF)Antall · 1990–1993 | 69.5 years | 69.2 years | −0.3 years | 69.3 years |
Data table
| Date | Hungary | EU average |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 76.8 years | 81.5 years |
| 2023 | 76.7 years | 81.2 years |
| 2022 | 75.9 years | 80.6 years |
| 2021 | 74.1 years | 80.0 years |
| 2020 | 75.5 years | 80.3 years |
| 2019 | 76.3 years | 81.1 years |
| 2018 | 76.0 years | 80.8 years |
| 2017 | 75.9 years | 80.7 years |
| 2016 | 76.1 years | 80.7 years |
| 2015 | 75.6 years | 80.5 years |
| 2014 | 75.8 years | 80.6 years |
| 2013 | 75.8 years | 80.5 years |
| 2012 | 75.3 years | 80.2 years |
| 2011 | 75.1 years | 80.1 years |
| 2010 | 74.7 years | 79.8 years |
| 2009 | 74.4 years | 79.5 years |
| 2008 | 74.2 years | 79.3 years |
| 2007 | 73.6 years | 79.1 years |
| 2006 | 73.5 years | 78.9 years |
| 2005 | 73.0 years | 78.4 years |
| 2004 | 73.0 years | 78.3 years |
| 2003 | 72.6 years | 77.7 years |
| 2002 | 72.6 years | 77.6 years |
| 2001 | 72.5 years | – |
| 2000 | 71.9 years | – |
| 1999 | 71.1 years | – |
| 1998 | 71.0 years | – |
| 1997 | 71.1 years | – |
| 1996 | 70.6 years | – |
| 1995 | 70.0 years | – |
| 1994 | 69.6 years | – |
| 1993 | 69.2 years | – |
| 1992 | 69.2 years | – |
| 1991 | 69.4 years | – |
| 1990 | 69.4 years | – |
| 1989 | 69.5 years | – |
| 1988 | 70.2 years | – |
| 1987 | 69.8 years | – |
| 1986 | 69.3 years | – |
| 1985 | 69.1 years | – |
| 1984 | 69.1 years | – |
| 1983 | 69.0 years | – |
| 1982 | 69.4 years | – |
| 1981 | 69.2 years | – |
| 1980 | 69.1 years | – |
| 1979 | 69.7 years | – |
| 1978 | 69.4 years | – |
| 1977 | 69.9 years | – |
| 1976 | 69.7 years | – |
| 1975 | 69.4 years | – |
| 1974 | 69.3 years | – |
| 1973 | 69.6 years | – |
| 1972 | 69.8 years | – |
| 1971 | 69.1 years | – |
| 1970 | 69.2 years | – |
| 1969 | 69.4 years | – |
| 1968 | 69.3 years | – |
| 1967 | 69.5 years | – |
| 1966 | 69.9 years | – |
| 1965 | 69.2 years | – |
| 1964 | 69.5 years | – |
| 1963 | 69.0 years | – |
| 1962 | 67.9 years | – |
| 1961 | 69.0 years | – |
| 1960 | 68.1 years | – |