The countries in Europe where residents live the longest - and it's a bleak picture for Brits READ MORE: Covid cut half a year from UK men's life expectancy, data shows By JOHN ELY DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE Published: 05:09 EST, 19 November 2024 | Updated: 05:25 EST, 19 November 2024 e-mail View comments Brits have the worst life expectancy in Western Europe, a shocking new report has revealed. An analysis of life expectancy across the continent found people born in the UK can now expect to live about 80.9 years on average.
This puts Britain behind the average of 81.5 years of life for the 27 EU countries, and the worst in Western Europe the report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found. Switzerland has the highest life expectancy, with the average Swiss living until 84.
2 years — three years more than the average Brit. This was closely followed Spain at 84 years and Italy at 83.8 years.
The OECD report, which examined life expectancy in 39 European countries, ranked Britain 21st, losing out to countries like Malta, Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia. Moldova reported the lowest life expectancy at 73.3 years, followed by the embattled Ukraine at 74.
3 years and Georgia at 73.7 years. The OECD report comes after the UK's own Office for National Statistics (ONS) also reported a drop in life expectancy.
A ONS report last month found men have lost six months of life and women three months since the Covid pandemic . Your browser does not su.