List of Polish voivodeships by life expectancy

Poland is administratively divided into 16 voivodeships.

According to estimation of Statistics Poland, life expectancy at birth in Poland in 2023 was 78.21 years (74.65 years for male and 81.99 years for female). Healthy life expectancy was 61.3 years for men and 64.6 years for women.

According to alternative estimation of the United Nations, in 2023 life expectancy in Poland was 78.63 years (74.88 for male, 82.35 for female). — see file "Compact (most used: estimates and medium projections)"

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023: 78.51 years total (74.80 for male, 82.40 for female).

Estimation of Eurostat for 2023: 78.4 years total (74.6 for male, 82.1 for female). — Dataset — Table. For visualization use the tab "Map"

According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in Poland was 77.73 years (73.94 years for male and 81.50 years for female). And healthy life expectancy was 67.56 years (65.08 years for male and 70.01 years for female).

Life expectancy in Poland as of 2023 is lower than in neighboring Czechia, Germany, Finland, and Sweden. It is roughly on par with Estonia. And it is higher than in neighboring Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Belorussia, and Ukraine.

Eurostat (2014—2023)

The division of Poland into territorial units of the 2nd level (NUTS 2) almost coincides with the division of the country into voivodeships. Exception is the Masovian Voivodeship that is divided into two NUTS2 regions: the Warsaw metropolitan area and Masovian Regional. By default, the table is sorted by 2023.

voivodeship2014201920232014→2023malefemale overallmalefemale overallmalefemale Poland on average 77.8 73.7 81.7 8.0 0.2 78.0 74.1 81.9 7.8 0.4 78.4 74.6 82.1 7.5 0.6 PL82 Subcarpathian Voivodeship 79.0 75.0 83.0 8.0 0.4 79.4 75.4 83.4 8.0 0.4 79.8 75.9 83.7 7.8 0.8 PL21 Lesser Poland Voivodeship 79.1 75.3 82.7 7.4 0.1 79.2 75.4 82.9 7.5 0.5 79.7 76.1 83.2 7.1 0.6 PL91 Warsaw metropolitan area 79.3 75.5 82.7 7.2 0.2 79.5 75.8 82.9 7.1 0.1 79.6 76.2 82.7 6.5 0.3 PL84 Podlaskie Voivodeship 78.4 73.9 83.1 9.2 0.3 78.7 74.2 83.3 9.1 0.2 78.9 74.5 83.4 8.9 0.5 PL52 Opole Voivodeship 78.1 74.4 81.6 7.2 0.1 78.2 74.4 82.1 7.7 0.6 78.8 75.2 82.5 7.3 0.7 PL63 Pomeranian Voivodeship 78.2 74.4 82.0 7.6 0.3 78.5 74.9 82.0 7.1 0.2 78.7 75.2 82.2 7.0 0.5 PL81 Lublin Voivodeship 77.8 73.2 82.4 9.2 0.4 78.2 73.9 82.6 8.7 0.2 78.4 74.2 82.7 8.5 0.6 PL41 Greater Poland Voivodeship 77.8 74.0 81.5 7.5 0.3 78.1 74.4 81.7 7.3 0.2 78.3 74.8 81.8 7.0 0.5 PL51 Lower Silesian Voivodeship 77.4 73.1 81.5 8.4 0.1 77.5 73.5 81.5 8.0 0.6 78.1 74.3 81.9 7.6 0.7 PL72 Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship 77.9 73.6 82.2 8.6 0.1 78.0 73.8 82.4 8.6 0.0 78.0 73.7 82.5 8.8 0.1 PL43 Lubusz Voivodeship 77.4 73.3 81.3 8.0 −0.5 76.9 72.9 81.0 8.1 1.0 77.9 74.0 81.7 7.7 0.5 PL22 Silesian Voivodeship 77.0 73.3 80.6 7.3 0.5 77.5 74.0 81.0 7.0 0.3 77.8 74.3 81.3 7.0 0.8 PL42 West Pomeranian Voivodeship 77.6 73.6 81.4 7.8 −0.1 77.5 73.7 81.3 7.6 0.2 77.7 74.0 81.5 7.5 0.1 PL61 Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship 77.5 73.4 81.4 8.0 0.0 77.5 73.8 81.2 7.4 0.2 77.7 74.0 81.4 7.4 0.2 PL62 Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship 77.4 73.0 81.7 8.7 −0.2 77.2 72.9 81.4 8.5 0.5 77.7 73.7 81.7 8.0 0.3 PL92 Masovian Regional 76.8 72.4 81.4 9.0 0.2 77.0 72.7 81.7 9.0 0.3 77.3 73.2 81.7 8.5 0.5 PL71 Łódź Voivodeship 76.3 71.6 80.9 9.3 0.6 76.9 72.6 81.2 8.6 0.4 77.3 73.1 81.4 8.3 1.0

Data source: Eurostat — Dataset — Table. For visualization use tab "Map"

Global Data Lab (2019–2022)

region201920212021→202220222019→2022malefemale overalloverallmalefemale Poland on average 77.93 74.08 81.74 7.66 −1.47 76.46 0.54 77.00 73.23 80.80 7.57 −0.93 Lesser Poland Voivodeship 79.14 75.39 82.77 7.38 −1.13 78.01 0.32 78.33 74.71 82.02 7.31 −0.81 Subcarpathian Voivodeship 79.34 75.39 83.27 7.88 −2.04 77.30 1.03 78.33 74.51 82.22 7.71 −1.01 Podlaskie Voivodeship 78.64 74.19 83.17 8.98 −2.25 76.39 1.34 77.73 73.31 82.22 8.91 −0.91 Masovian Voivodeship 78.36 74.45 82.25 7.80 −1.69 76.67 0.93 77.60 73.78 81.35 7.57 −0.76 Opole Voivodeship 78.14 74.39 81.97 7.58 −1.34 76.80 0.53 77.33 73.31 81.32 8.01 −0.81 Pomeranian Voivodeship 78.44 74.89 81.87 6.98 −1.24 77.20 0.03 77.23 73.71 80.72 7.01 −1.21 Greater Poland Voivodeship 78.04 74.39 81.57 7.18 −1.34 76.70 0.43 77.13 73.51 80.72 7.21 −0.91 Lublin Voivodeship 78.14 73.89 82.47 8.58 −2.05 76.09 1.04 77.13 73.01 81.32 8.31 −1.01 Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship 77.94 73.79 82.27 8.48 −1.55 76.39 0.44 76.83 72.61 81.22 8.61 −1.11 Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship 77.44 73.79 81.07 7.28 −1.55 75.89 0.74 76.63 73.21 80.03 6.82 −0.81 Lower Silesian Voivodeship 77.44 73.49 81.37 7.88 −1.15 76.29 0.24 76.53 72.71 80.43 7.72 −0.91 West Pomeranian Voivodeship 77.44 73.69 81.17 7.48 −1.35 76.09 0.44 76.53 72.61 80.43 7.82 −0.91 Silesian Voivodeship 77.44 73.99 80.87 6.88 −1.55 75.89 0.54 76.43 72.91 80.03 7.12 −1.01 Lubusz Voivodeship 76.84 72.89 80.87 7.98 −1.46 75.38 0.95 76.33 72.51 80.13 7.62 −0.51 Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship 77.14 72.89 81.27 8.38 −1.45 75.69 0.54 76.23 72.31 80.33 8.02 −0.91 Łódź Voivodeship 76.84 72.59 81.07 8.48 −1.26 75.58 0.35 75.93 72.01 79.73 7.72 −0.91

Data source: Global Data Lab

Statistics Poland

Data sources: Statistics Poland

Charts

See also

List of countries by life expectancy List of European countries by life expectancy Demographics of Poland

References