According to data recently provided by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, Spain is the European country with the highest life expectancy: 83 years on average according to data corresponding to 2015.
In the case of women, the average life expectancy is 85.7 years, while Spanish men live an average of 80.1 years.
Italy occupies the second position in this ranking, with an average life expectancy of 82.7 years, while France appears in third place with an average of 82.4 years.
The following graphic prepared by Statista shows the data for a selection of European countries. The average for the European Union is 80.6 years.
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On the Eurostat website, an interactive graphic is offered that allows checking the evolution of life expectancy for women and men in all European Union countries from 2002 to 2015. The graphic also shows other data related to the health of Europeans.