Conor Stewart
Research expert covering health & pharmaceuticals in the UK & Europe
State of health in Ireland - statistics & facts
In Ireland, the average life expectancy at birth in 2021 was almost 83 years. As is the case across the world, life expectancy was higher among women compared to men. Variations in healthy life expectancies can also depend on socioeconomic factors and geography. Steady yearly increases in life expectancy were undone in the COVID-19 pandemic affected year of 2020 when life expectancy fell in Ireland for the first time in many years.
