The Canary Islands is the second autonomous community with the lowest life expectancy in Spain, with an average of 82.8 years, only slightly higher than that of the last of all, Andalusia, where it stands at 82.7 years, and is more than one point below the state average of 84 years, according to data published this Monday by the Foundation of Banks and Savings Banks of the country, Funcas.
The average age reached by the population in the archipelago is even further away when compared to the region that tops the table in this classification, which is Madrid, with 86.1 years of life expectancy, according to the latest study "Focus on Spanish Society", a publication edited by Funcas, as stated in a statement from said foundation.
Organization that, based on 2023 data, emphasizes that in that year life expectancy at birth in Spain reached 84 years, the highest in the European Union, closely followed by Italy, Sweden and France, and standing more than 3 points above the average, estimated at 81.7 years.
Funcas also highlights that "the Spanish leadership is reinforced when analyzing regional data", to the point that Madrid leads all European regions, among which Navarra also stands out, occupying the fourth position in the Union, and Castilla y León, located in sixth place.
And it specifies that, "in total, 15 autonomous communities are in the European top 50", among a set of 242 regions with available data on the matter.
Adding that only Canary Islands, with its 82.8 years of average life expectancy, and Andalusia, with 82.7, are excluded from that group of the fifty longest-lived regions in the EU, in addition to the autonomous cities of Melilla and Ceuta, with 81.6 and 81.3 years, respectively.
