According to official statistics, life expectancy at birth has increased in Europe in the last decade 
average, more than two years per decade since the 1960s. However, the latest available data suggests that life expectancy has stalled or even decreased in several EU member states.
This is what theEurostat which published interim data for 2021 according to which the Covid-19 pandemic that started in 2020 had a negative effect with a drop in life expectancy at birth in almost half of EU member states in 2021.
Some member states (especially in Western Europe), notes Eurostat, have seen their life expectancy rebound to pre-Covid levels, while others (especially in Eastern Europe) have felt the impact of the pandemic later and fully in 2021, so any rebound has yet to be reflected in the data.
The greatest decreases were estimated in Slovakia and Bulgaria (-2.2 years compared to 2020), followed by Latvia (-2.1) and Estonia (-2.0).
Compared to the pre-pandemic year of 2019, the overall effect on life expectancy is still negative in all EU Member States except Luxembourg (+0.1), Malta and Sweden (same level in 2019 and in 2021). In some cases, life expectancy further deteriorated in 2021, leading to an overall estimated loss of more than 2 years. The largest decreases compared to 2019 were recorded in Bulgaria (-3.7), Slovakia (-3.0) and Romania (-2.7). Italy goes against the trend, recovers 6 months of life of the 13 lost in 2020.
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If in 2020 compared to 2019 thelife expectation average (men and women) had dropped from 83.6 years to 82.3 years, in 2021 the provisional data indicate a recovery with a life expectation which dates back to 82.9 years, thus recovering 6 months of the 13 lost in 2020 compared to 2019. Looking at the data by gender, for men it goes from 81.4 years in 2019 to 80 round years in 2020 to go back to 80, 6 years in 2021. For women, on the other hand, the figure goes from 85.7 years in 2019 to 84.5 years in 2020 and then goes back to 85.1 years in 2021.
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Demographic issue On 12 and 13 May in Rome, the States General of Natality will involve demographers, doctors, politicians and experts with the aim of relaunching Italy and truly supporting families (Agentsir). In 2021, there were 399,431 births, a decrease of 1.3% compared to 2020 and almost 31% compared to 2008, the year of the most recent relative maximum of births. Among the speakers at the event will be Sergio Marullo di Condojanni, CEO of Angelini Industries (Courier).
