List of German states by life expectancy

The official statistics of Germany, available on the Destatis website, do not include total life expectancy for the population as a whole. For a more correct comparison of regions with various differences in life expectancy for men and women, a column with the arithmetic mean of these indicators was added to the tables.

Destatis (2021/2023)

By default, the table is sorted by the arithmetic mean for life expectancy at birth.

state	life expectancy at birth				life expectancy at age 65
state	male	female	sex gap	arith. mean	male	female	sex gap	arith. mean
Germany on average	78.17	82.99	4.82	80.58	17.50	20.76	3.26	19.13
Baden-Württemberg	79.64	83.93	4.29	81.78	18.38	21.35	2.97	19.87
Bavaria	78.94	83.51	4.57	81.22	17.89	20.98	3.09	19.44
Hesse	78.63	83.11	4.48	80.87	17.74	20.80	3.06	19.27
Rhineland-Palatinate	78.34	82.92	4.58	80.63	17.54	20.65	3.11	19.10
Berlin	78.08	83.17	5.09	80.62	17.48	20.94	3.46	19.21
Hamburg	78.14	82.98	4.84	80.56	17.47	20.71	3.24	19.09
Saxony	77.41	83.61	6.20	80.51	17.27	21.28	4.01	19.27
Schleswig-Holstein	78.25	82.72	4.47	80.48	17.54	20.56	3.02	19.05
Lower Saxony	77.77	82.59	4.82	80.18	17.37	20.54	3.17	18.95
North Rhine-Westphalia	77.91	82.43	4.52	80.17	17.26	20.37	3.11	18.82
Brandenburg	77.17	83.09	5.92	80.13	17.10	20.93	3.83	19.02
Thuringia	76.76	82.59	5.83	79.68	16.86	20.69	3.83	18.77
Saarland	77.09	81.92	4.83	79.50	16.89	20.01	3.12	18.45
Bremen	76.74	82.08	5.34	79.41	17.13	20.49	3.36	18.81
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	76.24	82.58	6.34	79.41	16.72	20.64	3.92	18.68
Saxony-Anhalt	75.49	82.07	6.58	78.78	16.32	20.41	4.09	18.37

Data source: Destatis^[1]^[2]^[3]

Destatis (2016/2018)

This is a list of German states by life expectancy at birth (average of 2016 to 2018) according to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.^[4]

Rank	State	Life expectancy in years (mean of both)	Life expectancy in years (men)	Life expectancy in years (women)
1	Baden-Württemberg	81.88	79.66	84.10
2	Bavaria	81.56	79.33	83.56
3	Hesse	81.32	79.15	83.48
4	Hamburg	80.95	78.53	83.37
5	Saxony	80.94	77.97	83.91
6	Rhineland-Palatinate	80.84	78.62	83.06
7	Berlin	80.75	78.30	83.19
8	Brandenburg	80.51	77.76	83.26
9	Schleswig-Holstein	80.48	78.18	82.78
10	Lower Saxony	80.47	78.11	82.82
10	North Rhine-Westphalia	80.47	78.17	82.76
12	Thuringia	80.23	77.44	83.02
13	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	79.95	76.76	83.14
14	Saarland	79.88	77.62	82.14
15	Bremen	79.83	77.18	82.47
16	Saxony-Anhalt	79.46	76.28	82.63
	Germany	80.88	78.48	83.27

Eurostat (2019—2022)

By default the table is sorted by 2022.

code	region	2019				2019 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022				2019 →2022
code	region	overall	male	female	F Δ M	2019 →2021	overall	2021 →2022	overall	male	female	F Δ M	2019 →2022
	Germany on average	81.3	79.0	83.7	4.7	−0.5	80.8	−0.1	80.7	78.3	83.0	4.7	−0.6
DE21	Upper Bavaria	82.8	80.9	84.7	3.8	−0.4	82.4	−0.1	82.3	80.2	84.4	4.2	−0.5
DE14	Tübingen	82.4	80.3	84.6	4.3	0.0	82.4	−0.3	82.1	80.0	84.2	4.2	−0.3
DE11	Stuttgart	82.6	80.4	84.7	4.3	−0.3	82.3	−0.3	82.0	79.9	84.0	4.1	−0.6
DE13	Freiburg	82.3	80.2	84.4	4.2	−0.2	82.1	−0.1	82.0	79.8	84.1	4.3	−0.3
DE12	Karlsruhe	81.8	79.6	84.0	4.4	−0.1	81.7	−0.1	81.6	79.5	83.7	4.2	−0.2
DE27	Swabia	82.1	80.0	84.2	4.2	−0.5	81.6	−0.1	81.5	79.4	83.7	4.3	−0.6
DED2	Dresden	81.9	79.1	84.8	5.7	−1.4	80.5	1.0	81.5	78.6	84.5	5.9	−0.4
DE26	Lower Franconia	82.1	80.0	84.3	4.3	−0.5	81.6	−0.2	81.4	79.2	83.6	4.4	−0.7
DE71	Darmstadt	82.1	80.1	84.0	3.9	−0.5	81.6	−0.3	81.3	79.3	83.3	4.0	−0.8
DEA2	Cologne	81.3	79.2	83.4	4.2	−0.1	81.2	−0.3	80.9	78.7	83.0	4.3	−0.4
DE22	Lower Bavaria	81.4	79.4	83.5	4.1	−0.8	80.6	0.3	80.9	78.5	83.3	4.8	−0.5
DE30	Berlin	81.5	79.1	83.9	4.8	−0.5	81.0	−0.1	80.9	78.3	83.4	5.1	−0.6
DEB3	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	81.3	79.2	83.4	4.2	−0.2	81.1	−0.3	80.8	78.6	82.9	4.3	−0.5
DE60	Hamburg	81.5	79.2	83.8	4.6	−0.4	81.1	−0.3	80.8	78.5	83.1	4.6	−0.7
DE25	Middle Franconia	81.3	79.0	83.4	4.4	−0.6	80.7	0.1	80.8	78.5	83.0	4.5	−0.5
DEB2	Trier	81.7	79.6	83.7	4.1	−0.1	81.6	−1.0	80.6	78.4	82.9	4.5	−1.1
DEA4	Detmold	81.6	79.2	83.9	4.7	−0.3	81.3	−0.7	80.6	78.3	83.0	4.7	−1.0
DED5	Leipzig	81.0	78.1	84.0	5.9	−0.7	80.3	0.3	80.6	77.6	83.7	6.1	−0.4
DE23	Upper Palatinate	81.3	79.1	83.4	4.3	−0.7	80.6	−0.1	80.5	78.2	82.8	4.6	−0.8
DE73	Kassel	81.3	79.0	83.6	4.6	−0.7	80.6	−0.2	80.4	78.2	82.7	4.5	−0.9
DEF0	Schleswig-Holstein	80.9	78.6	83.3	4.7	0.1	81.0	−0.6	80.4	78.2	82.5	4.3	−0.5
DEB1	Koblenz	81.1	79.0	83.1	4.1	−0.5	80.6	−0.3	80.3	78.2	82.5	4.3	−0.8
DE72	Giessen	81.0	78.8	83.2	4.4	−0.4	80.6	−0.3	80.3	78.0	82.7	4.7	−0.7
DE94	Weser-Ems	81.0	78.6	83.4	4.8	−0.1	80.9	−0.6	80.3	78.0	82.7	4.7	−0.7
DE40	Brandenburg	81.2	78.4	84.0	5.6	−1.2	80.0	0.3	80.3	77.4	83.2	5.8	−0.9
DED4	Chemnitz	80.8	77.8	83.9	6.1	−1.8	79.0	1.3	80.3	77.3	83.3	6.0	−0.5
DE93	Lüneburg	80.9	78.5	83.2	4.7	−0.2	80.7	−0.5	80.2	78.0	82.5	4.5	−0.7
DEA3	Münster	81.1	78.7	83.4	4.7	−0.6	80.5	−0.3	80.2	78.0	82.4	4.4	−0.9
DE92	Hanover	81.0	78.4	83.5	5.1	−0.3	80.7	−0.6	80.1	77.7	82.7	5.0	−0.9
DE91	Braunschweig	80.6	78.4	82.9	4.5	−0.2	80.4	−0.4	80.0	77.7	82.3	4.6	−0.6
DE24	Upper Franconia	81.2	78.7	83.6	4.9	−0.9	80.3	−0.3	80.0	77.4	82.6	5.2	−1.2
DEA1	Düsseldorf	80.7	78.4	82.9	4.5	−0.3	80.4	−0.5	79.9	77.6	82.1	4.5	−0.8
DEG0	Thuringia	80.7	78.0	83.5	5.5	−1.6	79.1	0.7	79.8	77.0	82.6	5.6	−0.9
DEA5	Arnsberg	80.4	78.0	82.7	4.7	−0.5	79.9	−0.2	79.7	77.4	81.9	4.5	−0.7
DE80	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	80.3	77.3	83.5	6.2	−0.6	79.7	−0.1	79.6	76.6	82.7	6.1	−0.7
DEC0	Saarland	80.2	77.9	82.5	4.6	−0.4	79.8	−0.6	79.2	76.8	81.8	5.0	−1.0
DE50	Bremen	80.7	78.0	83.3	5.3	−0.5	80.2	−1.0	79.2	76.6	81.8	5.2	−1.5
DEE0	Saxony-Anhalt	80.0	77.0	83.1	6.1	−1.4	78.6	0.2	78.8	75.7	82.1	6.4	−1.2

Data source: Eurostat^[5]^[6]

Life expectancy in German regions in comparison with regions of other European countries in 2019 and 2022, according to Eurostat^[5]^[6]
(legends on the maps are identical)

Global Data Lab (2019–2022)

region	2019				2019 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022				2019 →2022
region	overall	male	female	F Δ M	2019 →2021	overall	2021 →2022	overall	male	female	F Δ M	2019 →2022
Germany on average	81.56	79.13	83.97	4.84	−0.93	80.63	0.36	80.99	78.51	83.49	4.98	−0.57
Baden-Württemberg	82.49	80.22	84.72	4.50	−0.63	81.86	0.34	82.20	79.94	84.42	4.48	−0.29
Bavaria	82.22	80.03	84.38	4.35	−1.01	81.21	0.49	81.70	79.34	84.08	4.74	−0.52
Hesse	81.94	79.75	84.07	4.32	−0.97	80.97	0.27	81.24	79.02	83.52	4.50	−0.70
Berlin	81.68	79.18	84.18	5.00	−0.95	80.73	0.45	81.18	78.44	83.84	5.40	−0.50
Saxony	81.46	78.46	84.56	6.10	−1.80	79.66	1.47	81.13	78.03	84.31	6.28	−0.33
Hamburg	81.68	79.28	84.08	4.80	−0.85	80.83	0.25	81.08	78.65	83.54	4.89	−0.60
Rhineland-Palatinate	81.46	79.26	83.60	4.34	−0.74	80.72	0.15	80.87	78.57	83.19	4.62	−0.59
Schleswig-Holstein	81.08	78.68	83.58	4.90	−0.35	80.73	−0.05	80.68	78.34	82.93	4.59	−0.40
Brandenburg	81.38	78.48	84.28	5.80	−1.64	79.74	0.84	80.58	77.54	83.64	6.10	−0.80
North Rhine-Westphalia	81.13	78.73	83.45	4.72	−0.78	80.35	0.16	80.51	78.12	82.86	4.74	−0.62
Lower Saxony	81.08	78.56	83.56	5.00	−0.64	80.44	0.00	80.44	78.00	83.01	5.01	−0.64
Thuringia	80.88	78.08	83.78	5.70	−2.04	78.84	1.23	80.07	77.14	83.03	5.89	−0.81
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	80.48	77.38	83.78	6.40	−1.04	79.44	0.43	79.87	76.74	83.13	6.39	−0.61
Saarland	80.38	77.98	82.77	4.79	−0.84	79.54	−0.07	79.47	76.94	82.23	5.29	−0.91
Bremen	80.88	78.08	83.58	5.50	−0.94	79.94	−0.47	79.47	76.74	82.23	5.49	−1.41
Saxony-Anhalt	80.18	77.08	83.37	6.29	−1.84	78.34	0.73	79.07	75.84	82.53	6.69	−1.11

Data source: Global Data Lab^[7]

Charts

Development of life expectancy in Germany according to estimation of the World Bank Group^[8]
Life expectancy with calculated sex gap^[8]
Life expectancy in Germany according to estimation of Our World in Data^[9]
Development of life expectancy in Germany in comparison to some big countries of the world^[8]
Development of life expectancy in Germany in comparison to the largest by population European countries^[8]

Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Germany on the background of other countries of the world in 2019^[10]
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately^[10]

Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Germany on the background of other countries of Europe in 2019^[10]
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately^[10]