List of French departments by life expectancy explained

INSEE (2023)

The official statistics of France, available on the INSEE 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. By default tables are sorted by arithmetic mean for 2023.

Statistics by region

region	2019					2022	2022 →2023	2023	2019 →2023
male	female			male	female	sex gap	arith. mean	male	female	sex gap	arith. mean
Metropolitan France	79.8	85.7	5.9	82.75	−0.40	79.4	85.3	5.9	82.35	0.60	80.1	85.8	5.7	82.95	0.20
	81.4	86.1	4.7	83.75	−0.35	80.8	86.0	5.2	83.40	0.75	81.8	86.5	4.7	84.15	0.40
	80.5	85.9	5.4	83.20	−0.20	80.2	85.8	5.6	83.00	0.70	81.0	86.4	5.4	83.70	0.50
	80.5	86.4	5.9	83.45	−0.45	80.3	85.7	5.4	83.00	0.40	80.8	86.0	5.2	83.40	−0.05
	80.0	85.6	5.6	82.80	−0.40	79.5	85.3	5.8	82.40	0.90	80.6	86.0	5.4	83.30	0.50
	79.8	86.0	6.2	82.90	−0.25	79.7	85.6	5.9	82.65	0.60	80.3	86.2	5.9	83.25	0.35
	80.1	85.5	5.4	82.80	−0.35	79.6	85.3	5.7	82.45	0.70	80.5	85.8	5.3	83.15	0.35
	79.7	85.5	5.8	82.60	−0.35	79.2	85.3	6.1	82.25	0.65	80.1	85.7	5.6	82.90	0.30
	78.7	85.2	6.5	81.95	−0.15	78.6	85.0	6.4	81.80	0.65	79.4	85.5	6.1	82.45	0.50
	79.3	85.2	5.9	82.25	−0.15	79.0	85.2	6.2	82.10	0.25	79.5	85.2	5.7	82.35	0.10
	78.9	85.0	6.1	81.95	−0.05	78.8	85.0	6.2	81.90	0.30	79.3	85.1	5.8	82.20	0.25
	79.0	84.6	5.6	81.80	−0.30	78.6	84.4	5.8	81.50	0.60	79.4	84.8	5.4	82.10	0.30
	78.3	84.9	6.6	81.60	−0.45	78.0	84.3	6.3	81.15	0.75	78.9	84.9	6.0	81.90	0.30
	77.5	83.8	6.3	80.65	−0.20	77.3	83.6	6.3	80.45	0.70	78.1	84.2	6.1	81.15	0.50

Overseas regions

region	2019					2022	2022 →2023	2023	2019 →2023
male	female			male	female	sex gap	arith. mean	male	female	sex gap	arith. mean
France on average	79.7	85.6	5.9	82.65	−0.40	79.3	85.2	5.9	82.25	0.60	80.0	85.7	5.7	82.85	0.20
Réunion (in the Indian Ocean)	78.5	84.7	6.2	81.60	−1.50	76.9	83.3	6.4	80.10	2.15	79.4	85.1	5.7	82.25	0.65
Martinique (in the Caribbean)	78.8	84.3	5.5	81.55	−1.80	76.7	82.8	6.1	79.75	1.25	78.2	83.8	5.6	81.00	−0.55
Guadeloupe (in the Caribbean)	76.4	84.7	8.3	80.55	−0.70	76.2	83.5	7.3	79.85	0.75	76.9	84.3	7.4	80.60	0.05
French Guiana (in South America)	76.6	83.8	7.2	80.20	−0.70	76.4	82.6	6.2	79.50	−0.50	76.1	81.9	5.8	79.00	−1.20
Mayotte (in the Indian Ocean)	—	—	—	—	—	72.3	74.6	2.3	73.45	0.65	73.9	74.3	0.4	74.10	—

Data source: INSEE^{[1] [2] [3]}

Statistics by department

code	department	2019					2022	2022 →2023	2023	2019 →2023
male	female			male	female	sex gap	arith. mean	male	female	sex gap	arith. mean
M	Metropolitan France	79.8	85.7	5.9	82.75	−0.40	79.4	85.3	5.9	82.35	0.60	80.1	85.8	5.7	82.95	0.20
92		82.6	86.5	3.9	84.55	−0.25	81.9	86.7	4.8	84.30	0.70	82.8	87.2	4.4	85.00	0.45
78		81.9	86.6	4.7	84.25	−0.25	81.6	86.4	4.8	84.00	0.80	82.5	87.1	4.6	84.80	0.55
75		82.0	86.9	4.9	84.45	−0.55	81.1	86.7	5.6	83.90	0.80	82.4	87.0	4.6	84.70	0.25
69		81.3	86.6	5.3	83.95	−0.10	81.0	86.7	5.7	83.85	0.85	82.0	87.4	5.4	84.70	0.75
94		81.4	86.2	4.8	83.80	0.20	81.3	86.7	5.4	84.00	0.65	82.3	87.0	4.7	84.65	0.85
31		81.5	86.0	4.5	83.75	0.05	81.1	86.5	5.4	83.80	0.40	81.8	86.6	4.8	84.20	0.45
74		81.4	86.3	4.9	83.85	−0.10	81.1	86.4	5.3	83.75	0.40	81.6	86.7	5.1	84.15	0.30
38		81.2	85.9	4.7	83.55	−0.30	80.6	85.9	5.3	83.25	0.90	81.6	86.7	5.1	84.15	0.60
91		81.5	86.2	4.7	83.85	−0.65	80.8	85.6	4.8	83.20	0.85	82.0	86.1	4.1	84.05	0.20
81		79.8	85.8	6.0	82.80	0.15	80.0	85.9	5.9	82.95	0.90	81.4	86.3	4.9	83.85	1.05
49		81.0	86.7	5.7	83.85	−0.55	80.5	86.1	5.6	83.30	0.55	81.1	86.6	5.5	83.85	0.00
05		80.4	86.3	5.9	83.35	−0.10	80.4	86.1	5.7	83.25	0.60	80.7	87.0	6.3	83.85	0.50
73		80.5	86.5	6.0	83.50	−0.40	80.0	86.2	6.2	83.10	0.70	80.9	86.7	5.8	83.80	0.30
01		80.9	86.0	5.1	83.45	−0.25	80.7	85.7	5.0	83.20	0.50	81.2	86.2	5.0	83.70	0.25
35		80.2	86.1	5.9	83.15	−0.10	79.9	86.2	6.3	83.05	0.65	80.9	86.5	5.6	83.70	0.55
33		80.4	85.8	5.4	83.10	−0.30	79.9	85.7	5.8	82.80	0.85	81.2	86.1	4.9	83.65	0.55
13		80.0	85.7	5.7	82.85	−0.50	79.5	85.2	5.7	82.35	1.10	81.0	85.9	4.9	83.45	0.60
42		80.3	85.5	5.2	82.90	−0.40	79.7	85.3	5.6	82.50	0.95	80.8	86.1	5.3	83.45	0.55
37		80.0	86.2	6.2	83.10	−0.35	79.7	85.8	6.1	82.75	0.70	80.6	86.3	5.7	83.45	0.35
95		80.5	85.4	4.9	82.95	−0.40	80.0	85.1	5.1	82.55	0.85	81.1	85.7	4.6	83.40	0.45
2B		80.2	86.4	6.2	83.30	0.00	80.7	85.9	5.2	83.30	0.10	81.0	85.8	4.8	83.40	0.10
82		79.8	85.5	5.7	82.65	−0.85	79.3	84.3	5.0	81.80	1.55	81.3	85.4	4.1	83.35	0.70
21		79.9	85.9	6.0	82.90	−0.25	79.6	85.7	6.1	82.65	0.65	80.8	85.8	5.0	83.30	0.40
34		79.9	85.7	5.8	82.80	−0.35	79.6	85.3	5.7	82.45	0.85	80.8	85.8	5.0	83.30	0.50
32		79.4	85.6	6.2	82.50	−0.20	79.4	85.2	5.8	82.30	1.00	80.5	86.1	5.6	83.30	0.80
44		79.5	85.8	6.3	82.65	0.05	79.8	85.6	5.8	82.70	0.60	80.4	86.2	5.8	83.30	0.65
64		80.6	86.1	5.5	83.35	−0.15	80.5	85.9	5.4	83.20	0.05	80.6	85.9	5.3	83.25	−0.10
07		79.9	85.3	5.4	82.60	−0.35	79.0	85.5	6.5	82.25	1.00	80.6	85.9	5.3	83.25	0.65
83		79.7	85.5	5.8	82.60	−0.15	79.9	85.0	5.1	82.45	0.80	80.5	86.0	5.5	83.25	0.65
06		80.5	85.8	5.3	83.15	−0.45	79.6	85.8	6.2	82.70	0.55	80.4	86.1	5.7	83.25	0.10
53		79.9	86.1	6.2	83.00	−0.30	79.8	85.6	5.8	82.70	0.55	80.2	86.3	6.1	83.25	0.25
2A		80.8	86.4	5.6	83.60	−1.10	79.7	85.3	5.6	82.50	0.70	80.3	86.1	5.8	83.20	−0.40
77		80.4	85.5	5.1	82.95	−0.35	79.9	85.3	5.4	82.60	0.55	80.8	85.5	4.7	83.15	0.20
26		79.6	85.6	6.0	82.60	0.15	80.3	85.2	4.9	82.75	0.35	80.5	85.7	5.2	83.10	0.50
12		80.2	86.0	5.8	83.10	−0.05	80.1	86.0	5.9	83.05	0.05	80.1	86.1	6.0	83.10	0.00
86		79.5	85.9	6.4	82.70	−0.40	79.4	85.2	5.8	82.30	0.70	80.0	86.0	6.0	83.00	0.30
40		79.9	85.4	5.5	82.65	−0.40	79.4	85.1	5.7	82.25	0.70	80.7	85.2	4.5	82.95	0.30
93		80.0	84.7	4.7	82.35	−0.50	79.1	84.6	5.5	81.85	1.10	80.5	85.4	4.9	82.95	0.60
04		79.6	84.7	5.1	82.15	0.15	79.5	85.1	5.6	82.30	0.60	80.5	85.3	4.8	82.90	0.75
30		79.6	85.3	5.7	82.45	−0.25	79.3	85.1	5.8	82.20	0.70	80.2	85.6	5.4	82.90	0.45
87		78.8	85.7	6.9	82.25	0.00	78.9	85.6	6.7	82.25	0.60	80.2	85.5	5.3	82.85	0.60
84		79.2	85.1	5.9	82.15	−0.15	78.7	85.3	6.6	82.00	0.85	80.1	85.6	5.5	82.85	0.70
85		79.4	85.7	6.3	82.55	−0.35	79.1	85.3	6.2	82.20	0.65	79.8	85.9	6.1	82.85	0.30
72		79.2	85.4	6.2	82.30	−0.25	78.9	85.2	6.3	82.05	0.75	79.8	85.8	6.0	82.80	0.50
67		79.9	85.1	5.2	82.50	−0.20	79.6	85.0	5.4	82.30	0.45	80.3	85.2	4.9	82.75	0.25
45		79.9	85.4	5.5	82.65	−0.10	79.4	85.7	6.3	82.55	0.20	80.2	85.3	5.1	82.75	0.10
47		79.3	85.2	5.9	82.25	−0.20	79.0	85.1	6.1	82.05	0.65	80.0	85.4	5.4	82.70	0.45
19		78.7	84.9	6.2	81.80	−0.10	78.9	84.5	5.6	81.70	1.00	79.9	85.5	5.6	82.70	0.90
39		80.0	85.1	5.1	82.55	−0.05	79.8	85.2	5.4	82.50	0.20	79.8	85.6	5.8	82.70	0.15
46		79.4	85.3	5.9	82.35	0.30	80.1	85.2	5.1	82.65	0.05	79.7	85.7	6.0	82.70	0.35
68		80.1	84.8	4.7	82.45	−0.30	79.4	84.9	5.5	82.15	0.50	80.3	85.0	4.7	82.65	0.20
65		80.1	84.6	4.5	82.35	−0.75	78.7	84.5	5.8	81.60	1.05	79.8	85.5	5.7	82.65	0.30
41		79.3	85.0	5.7	82.15	−0.25	78.7	85.1	6.4	81.90	0.75	79.6	85.7	6.1	82.65	0.50
63		79.3	85.5	6.2	82.40	−0.40	79.0	85.0	6.0	82.00	0.60	79.7	85.5	5.8	82.60	0.20
79		79.6	85.9	6.3	82.75	−0.75	78.7	85.3	6.6	82.00	0.60	79.3	85.9	6.6	82.60	−0.15
71		79.1	85.0	5.9	82.05	0.15	79.0	85.4	6.4	82.20	0.35	79.5	85.6	6.1	82.55	0.50
17		79.2	85.2	6.0	82.20	−0.60	78.4	84.8	6.4	81.60	0.90	79.1	85.9	6.8	82.50	0.30
56		78.1	85.2	7.1	81.65	−0.05	78.5	84.7	6.2	81.60	0.85	79.2	85.7	6.5	82.45	0.80
43		79.2	85.6	6.4	82.40	−0.55	78.8	84.9	6.1	81.85	0.55	79.1	85.7	6.6	82.40	0.00
25		79.3	85.6	6.3	82.45	−0.40	79.1	85.0	5.9	82.05	0.30	79.8	84.9	5.1	82.35	−0.10
14		78.5	85.0	6.5	81.75	−0.20	78.5	84.6	6.1	81.55	0.65	79.1	85.3	6.2	82.20	0.45
15		78.4	84.3	5.9	81.35	−0.20	78.0	84.3	6.3	81.15	1.05	79.0	85.4	6.4	82.20	0.85
60		78.7	84.6	5.9	81.65	0.00	78.9	84.4	5.5	81.65	0.45	79.5	84.7	5.2	82.10	0.45
88		77.9	84.5	6.6	81.20	−0.60	77.3	83.9	6.6	80.60	1.50	79.4	84.8	5.4	82.10	0.90
24		79.4	85.0	5.6	82.20	−0.95	77.7	84.8	7.1	81.25	0.85	79.0	85.2	6.2	82.10	−0.10
03		77.7	84.6	6.9	81.15	0.25	78.3	84.5	6.2	81.40	0.65	79.2	84.9	5.7	82.05	0.90
51		78.8	84.8	6.0	81.80	−0.25	78.6	84.5	5.9	81.55	0.50	79.0	85.1	6.1	82.05	0.25
61		78.2	84.8	6.6	81.50	−0.25	77.9	84.6	6.7	81.25	0.80	79.0	85.1	6.1	82.05	0.55
50		78.6	85.6	7.0	82.10	−1.25	77.4	84.3	6.9	80.85	1.15	78.8	85.2	6.4	82.00	−0.10
90		78.6	84.0	5.4	81.30	0.20	79.1	83.9	4.8	81.50	0.45	79.8	84.1	4.3	81.95	0.65
09		78.7	85.0	6.3	81.85	−0.10	78.8	84.7	5.9	81.75	0.20	79.3	84.6	5.3	81.95	0.10
57		78.9	83.9	5.0	81.40	−0.15	78.6	83.9	5.3	81.25	0.65	79.7	84.1	4.4	81.90	0.50
27		78.3	84.6	6.3	81.45	−0.40	77.9	84.2	6.3	81.05	0.85	79.2	84.6	5.4	81.90	0.45
16		79.4	84.5	5.1	81.95	−0.50	78.3	84.6	6.3	81.45	0.45	78.7	85.1	6.4	81.90	−0.05
29		78.2	84.8	6.6	81.50	−0.15	78.2	84.5	6.3	81.35	0.55	78.7	85.1	6.4	81.90	0.40
66		78.7	84.9	6.2	81.80	−1.20	77.0	84.2	7.2	80.60	1.30	78.7	85.1	6.4	81.90	0.10
28		79.2	85.1	5.9	82.15	−0.20	79.1	84.8	5.7	81.95	−0.10	79.0	84.7	5.7	81.85	−0.30
10		77.6	84.6	7.0	81.10	0.30	78.0	84.8	6.8	81.40	0.45	78.8	84.9	6.1	81.85	0.75
11		79.4	85.1	5.7	82.25	−0.85	78.1	84.7	6.6	81.40	0.40	78.5	85.1	6.6	81.80	−0.45
48		78.7	85.2	6.5	81.95	−1.05	77.7	84.1	6.4	80.90	0.85	78.5	85.0	6.5	81.75	−0.20
08		77.8	83.7	5.9	80.75	−0.45	77.1	83.5	6.4	80.30	1.30	78.8	84.4	5.6	81.60	0.85
76		78.1	84.6	6.5	81.35	−0.30	77.8	84.3	6.5	81.05	0.55	78.7	84.5	5.8	81.60	0.25
22		78.1	84.5	6.4	81.30	−0.50	77.4	84.2	6.8	80.80	0.80	78.5	84.7	6.2	81.60	0.30
52		77.1	84.5	7.4	80.80	0.00	77.3	84.3	7.0	80.80	0.70	78.1	84.9	6.8	81.50	0.70
23		77.3	85.1	7.8	81.20	−1.20	76.4	83.6	7.2	80.00	1.50	77.9	85.1	7.2	81.50	0.30
54		79.3	85.1	5.8	82.20	−0.75	78.4	84.5	6.1	81.45	0.00	78.3	84.6	6.3	81.45	−0.75
70		78.7	84.4	5.7	81.55	0.10	78.7	84.6	5.9	81.65	−0.20	77.9	85.0	7.1	81.45	−0.10
36		77.7	84.9	7.2	81.30	−0.60	77.6	83.8	6.2	80.70	0.70	78.5	84.3	5.8	81.40	0.10
59		77.6	83.8	6.2	80.70	−0.25	77.3	83.6	6.3	80.45	0.85	78.2	84.4	6.2	81.30	0.60
55		77.7	84.4	6.7	81.05	−0.70	77.5	83.2	5.7	80.35	0.60	77.9	84.0	6.1	80.95	−0.10
80		77.3	83.7	6.4	80.50	0.10	77.2	84.0	6.8	80.60	0.35	77.7	84.2	6.5	80.95	0.45
89		77.5	83.9	6.4	80.70	−0.20	77.0	84.0	7.0	80.50	0.40	77.8	84.0	6.2	80.90	0.20
18		78.0	83.3	5.3	80.65	0.80	78.5	84.4	5.9	81.45	−0.65	77.7	83.9	6.2	80.80	0.15
02		76.9	83.4	6.5	80.15	−0.35	76.7	82.9	6.2	79.80	0.90	77.5	83.9	6.4	80.70	0.55
62		76.7	83.7	7.0	80.20	−0.20	76.6	83.4	6.8	80.00	0.55	77.3	83.8	6.5	80.55	0.35
58		77.1	83.9	6.8	80.50	0.35	77.3	84.4	7.1	80.85	−0.30	77.1	84.0	6.9	80.55	0.05
code	department	male	female	sex gap	arith. mean	2019 →2022	male	female	sex gap	arith. mean	2022 →2023	male	female	sex gap	arith. mean	2019 →2023

The table is compiled only for departments in metropolitan France. Data source: INSEE

Eurostat (2019—2022)

See also: List of European regions by life expectancy.

By default the table is sorted by 2022.

	region	2019					2021	2021 →2022	2022	2019 →2022
	male	female		overall	overall	male	female	F
FR10		84.6	81.8	87.1	5.3	−0.8	83.8	0.3	84.1	81.4	86.6	5.2	−0.5
FRK2		84.1	81.2	86.8	5.6	−0.3	83.8	−0.1	83.7	80.8	86.4	5.6	−0.4
FRJ2		83.8	81.0	86.4	5.4	−0.3	83.5	−0.5	83.0	80.4	85.7	5.3	−0.8
FRM0		84.0	81.5	86.5	5.0	−0.6	83.4	−0.5	82.9	80.2	85.5	5.3	−1.1
FRL0		83.4	80.5	86.2	5.7	−1.0	82.4	0.4	82.8	79.9	85.5	5.6	−0.6
FRG0		83.4	80.1	86.6	6.5	−0.3	83.1	−0.4	82.7	79.5	85.7	6.2	−0.7
FRI1		83.4	80.3	86.3	6.0	−0.3	83.1	−0.5	82.6	79.9	85.2	5.3	−0.8
FRF1		83.3	80.5	85.9	5.4	−0.4	82.9	−0.6	82.3	79.7	84.8	5.1	−1.0
FRC2		82.8	79.7	85.9	6.2	−0.4	82.4	−0.3	82.1	79.2	85.0	5.8	−0.7
FRJ1		83.1	80.1	86.0	5.9	−0.8	82.3	−0.2	82.1	79.1	85.0	5.9	−1.0
FRK1		82.5	79.3	85.7	6.4	−0.4	82.1	−0.1	82.0	78.9	85.0	6.1	−0.5
FRI2		82.3	78.9	85.7	6.8	−0.2	82.1	−0.1	82.0	78.9	85.0	6.1	−0.3
FRB0		82.7	79.6	85.7	6.1	−0.5	82.2	−0.3	81.9	79.0	84.9	5.9	−0.8
FRH0		82.5	79.0	85.9	6.9	−0.1	82.4	−0.5	81.9	78.7	85.1	6.4	−0.6
FRI3		82.8	79.6	85.9	6.3	−0.5	82.3	−0.4	81.9	78.5	85.2	6.7	−0.9
FRC1		82.4	79.3	85.6	6.3	−0.1	82.3	−0.6	81.7	78.6	84.8	6.2	−0.7
FRF2		81.8	78.4	85.1	6.7	−0.6	81.2	0.2	81.4	78.2	84.6	6.4	−0.4
FRD1		82.5	79.0	85.8	6.8	−0.8	81.7	−0.4	81.3	78.1	84.6	6.5	−1.2
FRF3		82.0	79.0	84.9	5.9	−0.7	81.3	−0.1	81.2	78.4	84.0	5.6	−0.8
FRD2		81.8	78.5	85.0	6.5	−0.4	81.4	−0.4	81.0	77.9	84.0	6.1	−0.8
FRE2		81.4	78.3	84.5	6.2	−0.7	80.7	0.2	80.9	77.8	83.9	6.1	−0.5
FRE1		81.1	77.6	84.4	6.8	−0.7	80.4	0.1	80.5	77.1	83.8	6.7	−0.6
FRY1	Guadeloupe (incl. Saint Martin,)	81.8	77.8	85.5	7.7	−4.2	77.6	2.6	80.2	76.1	84.0	7.9	−1.6
FRY2	Martinique (in the Caribbean)	82.1	78.7	85.2	6.5	−3.9	78.2	1.8	80.0	77.0	82.8	5.8	−2.1
FRY4	Réunion (in the Indian Ocean)	81.3	77.5	85.0	7.5	−0.4	80.9	−0.9	80.0	76.8	83.1	6.3	−1.3
FRY3	French Guiana (in South America)	—	—	—	—	—	77.2	1.4	78.6	75.3	82.0	6.7	—
FRY5	Mayotte (in the Indian Ocean)	75.9	75.5	76.3	0.8	−4.4	71.5	2.8	74.3	74.0	74.4	0.4	−1.6

Data source: Eurostat^{[4] [5]}

See also

• List of countries by life expectancy
• List of European countries by life expectancy
• Administrative divisions of France
• Demographics of France

Notes and References

1. Web site: Espérance de vie en 2019: Comparaisons régionales et départementales . fr . . https://web.archive.org/web/20210412152016/https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2012749 . 2024-03-29 . 2021-04-12 . Life expectancy in 2019: comparison of regions and departments.
2. Web site: Espérance de vie en 2022: Comparaisons régionales et départementales . fr . . 2024-02-01 . Life expectancy in 2022: comparison of regions and departments.
3. Web site: Espérance de vie en 2023: Comparaisons régionales et départementales . fr . . 2024-03-29 . Life expectancy in 2023: comparison of regions and departments.
4. Web site: Life expectancy at birth by sex and NUTS 2 region . . en . 14 March 2024 . 28 March 2024. — Dataset
5. Web site: Life expectancy at birth by sex and NUTS 2 region . . en . 14 March 2024 . 28 March 2024. — Table. For visualization use tab "Map"