Life Expectancy in Scotland, 2017-2019
Life Expectancy in Scotland, 2017-2019
Last update: 24 September 2020
Next update: September 2021
Frequency: Annual
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Key Findings
- In Scotland in 2017-2019, life expectancy at birth was 77.1 years for males and 81.1 years for females. This is a small increase of around 0.1 years for both males and females since the 2016-2018 figures published last year.
- Life expectancy in Scotland has increased since the early 1980s but has now remained virtually unchanged since 2012-2014.
- Life expectancy at age 65 in 2017-2019 was 17.7 years for males and 19.8 years for females in Scotland.
- Scotland has the lowest life expectancy at birth of all UK countries. Average life expectancy in the UK was 79.4 years for males and 83.1 years for females.
- Female life expectancy at birth was highest in East Renfrewshire (84.0 years) and lowest in Glasgow City (78.5 years).
- Male life expectancy at birth was highest in East Dunbartonshire (80.5 years) and lowest in Glasgow City (73.6 years)
- The majority of Scotland’s council areas have experienced a slow-down or a stall in life expectancy growth since 2012-2014 and many areas now have decreasing life expectancy.
- The gap in life expectancy between the most and least deprived areas was 13.3 years for males and 10.0 years for females.
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