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Healthy life expectancy by country

The estimated average number of years lived free from disability or disease burden. This is based on period life expectancy, after adjusting for the number of years lived in less than "full health" due to disease and/or injury.

Countries reporting
182
Highest
73.65 Years
Singapore
Lowest
44.63 Years
Lesotho
Median
62.46 Years
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,070

What the numbers show

Healthy life expectancy is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 73.65 Years in Singapore; the lowest is 44.63 Years in Lesotho.

The median across all reporting countries is 62.46 Years, and the mean is 61.74 Years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 21.1%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 8.1%).

Healthy life expectancy: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 73.65 Years 2021 up 1.9% rising
2 Japan 73.4 Years 2021 up 1.8% flat
3 South Korea 72.45 Years 2021 up 2.9% rising
4 Iceland 71.37 Years 2021 up 0.7% flat
6 Norway 71.16 Years 2021 up 1.9% rising
7 Switzerland 71.15 Years 2021 up 0.9% flat
8 Sweden 71.12 Years 2021 up 0.6% flat
9 Spain 71.11 Years 2021 up 0.5% flat
10 Israel 70.76 Years 2021 up 0.2% flat
11 Cyprus 70.74 Years 2021 up 0.5% flat
13 Australia 70.61 Years 2021 up 1.4% flat
14 Italy 70.56 Years 2021 up 0.1% flat
15 France 70.08 Years 2021 up 0.2% flat
16 Denmark 70.06 Years 2021 up 1.5% rising
18 New Zealand 69.98 Years 2021 up 1.4% flat
19 Netherlands 69.97 Years 2021 down 0.5% flat
20 Finland 69.93 Years 2021 up 1.5% rising
21 Belgium 69.79 Years 2021 up 1.4% flat
22 Austria 69.79 Years 2021 up 0.2% flat
23 Canada 69.78 Years 2021 down 0.3% flat
24 Portugal 69.52 Years 2021 up 0.9% rising
25 Slovenia 69.36 Years 2021 up 0.8% rising
26 Germany 68.93 Years 2021 down 0.2% flat
27 Puerto Rico 68.82 Years 2021 up 1.3% flat
28 United Kingdom 68.64 Years 2021 down 0.9% flat
29 China 68.58 Years 2021 up 2.6% rising
30 Greece 68.55 Years 2021 down 1.0% flat
31 Kuwait 67.78 Years 2021 down 2.8% flat
32 Chile 67.65 Years 2021 down 1.0% flat
33 Costa Rica 67.63 Years 2021 down 2.2% flat
34 United Arab Emirates 67.27 Years 2021 down 2.3% flat
35 Brunei 67.1 Years 2021 down 0.6% flat
36 Croatia 66.8 Years 2021 down 0.7% flat
37 Estonia 66.74 Years 2021 up 0.6% rising
38 Panama 66.74 Years 2021 down 0.7% flat
39 Sri Lanka 66.73 Years 2021 up 2.3% rising
40 Albania 66.69 Years 2021 down 0.5% rising
41 Maldives 66.67 Years 2021 up 0.4% rising
42 Barbados 66.67 Years 2021 up 0.6% flat
43 Czechia 66.66 Years 2021 down 0.9% flat
44 Antigua and Barbuda 66.52 Years 2021 up 1.1% flat
45 Qatar 66.21 Years 2021 up 2.2% rising
46 Thailand 65.76 Years 2021 down 0.7% rising
47 Saudi Arabia 65.64 Years 2021 up 0.4% rising
48 Algeria 65.55 Years 2021 up 0.3% flat
49 Poland 65.52 Years 2021 down 1.6% flat
50 Vietnam 65.35 Years 2021 up 1.3% flat
51 Turkey 65.2 Years 2021 down 1.9% flat
52 Montenegro 65.15 Years 2021 down 2.1% flat
53 Jordan 65.07 Years 2021 down 1.9% rising
54 Colombia 65.02 Years 2021 down 2.7% rising
55 Uruguay 64.99 Years 2021 down 2.4% flat
56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64.99 Years 2021 down 2.9% flat
57 Slovakia 64.94 Years 2021 down 1.6% rising
58 Hungary 64.84 Years 2021 down 0.7% rising
59 Bhutan 64.8 Years 2021 up 3.6% rising
60 Argentina 64.79 Years 2021 down 1.8% flat
61 North Korea 64.73 Years 2021 up 3.1% rising
62 Seychelles 64.72 Years 2021 up 0.2% flat
63 Cuba 64.62 Years 2021 down 5.7% flat
64 Nicaragua 64.61 Years 2021 down 2.3% flat
65 Ecuador 64.34 Years 2021 down 2.3% flat
66 Bahrain 64.24 Years 2021 down 0.5% rising
67 Lithuania 64.23 Years 2021 up 0.6% rising
68 Azerbaijan 64.04 Years 2021 up 2.6% rising
69 Armenia 64.01 Years 2021 down 0.9% flat
70 Iran 63.98 Years 2021 down 2.7% flat
71 Malaysia 63.95 Years 2021 down 2.0% flat
72 United States 63.91 Years 2021 down 4.0% flat
73 Serbia 63.87 Years 2021 down 2.3% flat
74 Romania 63.85 Years 2021 down 2.2% rising
75 Belize 63.82 Years 2021 down 0.9% flat
76 Tonga 63.78 Years 2021 up 0.3% flat
77 Cape Verde 63.77 Years 2021 down 1.4% flat
78 Latvia 63.76 Years 2021 down 1.0% rising
79 North Macedonia 63.71 Years 2021 down 2.9% flat
80 Belarus 63.71 Years 2021 up 3.0% rising
81 Mauritius 63.63 Years 2021 down 0.4% flat
82 Tunisia 63.58 Years 2021 down 3.5% flat
83 Dominican Republic 63.56 Years 2021 down 1.2% flat
84 Kyrgyzstan 63.42 Years 2021 up 3.2% rising
85 Uzbekistan 63.36 Years 2021 up 6.4% rising
86 Lebanon 63.22 Years 2021 down 5.0% flat
87 Oman 63.19 Years 2021 down 1.0% flat
88 Grenada 63.16 Years 2021 up 0.3% flat
89 Tajikistan 63.09 Years 2021 up 1.5% rising
90 Bangladesh 63.05 Years 2021 up 2.5% rising
91 Peru 62.99 Years 2021 down 8.1% flat
92 Palestine 62.93 Years 2021 up 0.3% rising
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 62.88 Years 2021 down 1.2% flat
94 Georgia 62.48 Years 2021 down 1.5% flat
95 Sao Tome and Principe 62.44 Years 2021 up 2.8% rising
96 Bulgaria 62.39 Years 2021 down 3.8% flat
97 Morocco 62.34 Years 2021 down 0.4% flat
98 Syria 62.27 Years 2021 down 0.4% falling
99 El Salvador 62.2 Years 2021 down 3.4% flat
100 Libya 62.06 Years 2021 up 0.5% flat
101 Venezuela 62.05 Years 2021 down 4.3% flat
102 Trinidad and Tobago 61.94 Years 2021 down 3.2% flat
103 Brazil 61.83 Years 2021 down 2.3% flat
104 Saint Lucia 61.76 Years 2021 down 6.1% flat
105 Jamaica 61.72 Years 2021 down 3.6% flat
106 Samoa 61.57 Years 2021 down 0.6% flat
107 Kazakhstan 61.55 Years 2021 up 1.6% rising
108 Ukraine 61.55 Years 2021 down 0.4% rising
109 Bahamas 61.52 Years 2021 down 3.2% flat
110 Mexico 61.44 Years 2021 down 5.5% flat
111 Mongolia 61.31 Years 2021 up 3.5% rising
112 Moldova 61.21 Years 2021 down 0.6% rising
113 Iraq 61.02 Years 2021 down 0.3% flat
114 Russia 60.94 Years 2021 up 0.3% rising
115 Paraguay 60.88 Years 2021 down 5.9% flat
116 Turkmenistan 60.82 Years 2021 down 0.4% rising
117 Indonesia 60.67 Years 2021 down 1.6% rising
118 Cambodia 60.63 Years 2021 up 2.5% rising
119 Laos 60.41 Years 2021 up 4.7% rising
120 Mauritania 60.39 Years 2021 up 0.1% rising
121 Egypt 60.36 Years 2021 down 1.6% flat
122 Suriname 60.3 Years 2021 down 4.6% flat
123 Nepal 60.2 Years 2021 up 0.6% rising
124 Honduras 60.05 Years 2021 down 2.5% flat
125 Myanmar 59.75 Years 2021 up 3.6% rising
126 East Timor 59.53 Years 2021 up 1.2% rising
127 Guatemala 59.25 Years 2021 down 3.5% flat
128 Comoros 59.02 Years 2021 up 2.1% rising
129 Senegal 58.9 Years 2021 up 2.7% rising
130 Ethiopia 58.83 Years 2021 up 5.1% rising
131 Philippines 58.77 Years 2021 down 4.3% flat
132 Rwanda 58.71 Years 2021 up 3.8% rising
133 Vanuatu 58.68 Years 2021 down 0.1% flat
134 Sudan 58.54 Years 2021 up 0.9% rising
135 Kenya 58.22 Years 2021 up 7.1% rising
136 India 58.15 Years 2021 down 0.1% rising
137 Tanzania 58.07 Years 2021 up 6.7% rising
138 Micronesia (country) 57.93 Years 2021 up 1.1% flat
139 Ghana 57.88 Years 2021 up 5.5% rising
140 Fiji 57.69 Years 2021 down 3.1% flat
141 Papua New Guinea 57.48 Years 2021 up 0.7% rising
142 Bolivia 57.43 Years 2021 down 7.1% rising
143 Solomon Islands 57.37 Years 2021 up 0.3% flat
144 Uganda 57.22 Years 2021 up 8.2% rising
145 Djibouti 56.99 Years 2021 up 3.7% rising
146 Pakistan 56.89 Years 2021 up 2.0% rising
147 Guyana 56.82 Years 2021 down 0.5% flat
148 Yemen 56.46 Years 2021 down 3.3% flat
149 Gabon 56.26 Years 2021 up 4.5% rising
150 Togo 55.85 Years 2021 up 6.8% rising
151 Burundi 55.84 Years 2021 up 6.0% rising
152 Gambia 55.84 Years 2021 up 2.0% rising
153 Benin 55.72 Years 2021 up 4.2% rising
154 Eritrea 55.42 Years 2021 up 4.5% rising
155 Cote d'Ivoire 55.41 Years 2021 up 10.4% rising
156 Madagascar 55.14 Years 2021 down 0.1% rising
157 Nigeria 54.95 Years 2021 up 5.2% rising
158 Congo 54.84 Years 2021 up 3.1% rising
159 Malawi 54.67 Years 2021 up 7.2% rising
160 Burkina Faso 54.56 Years 2021 up 5.6% rising
161 Cameroon 54.01 Years 2021 up 7.9% rising
162 Liberia 53.96 Years 2021 up 4.4% rising
163 Haiti 53.94 Years 2021 up 2.0% rising
164 Angola 53.76 Years 2021 up 5.3% rising
165 Kiribati 53.65 Years 2021 down 0.8% flat
166 Mali 53.56 Years 2021 up 4.1% rising
167 Guinea 53.43 Years 2021 up 4.2% rising
168 Equatorial Guinea 53.26 Years 2021 up 2.7% rising
169 Democratic Republic of Congo 53.21 Years 2021 up 6.6% rising
170 Sierra Leone 53.13 Years 2021 up 9.5% rising
171 Botswana 53.1 Years 2021 up 4.6% rising
172 Zambia 52.97 Years 2021 up 5.0% rising
173 Namibia 52.82 Years 2021 down 0.9% rising
174 South Africa 52.76 Years 2021 up 3.8% rising
175 Niger 52.61 Years 2021 up 2.5% rising
176 Chad 51.52 Years 2021 up 5.4% rising
177 Guinea-Bissau 51.45 Years 2021 up 4.8% rising
178 Zimbabwe 51.25 Years 2021 up 9.3% rising
179 South Sudan 50.53 Years 2021 down 0.7% rising
180 Afghanistan 50.45 Years 2021 down 1.0% rising
181 Mozambique 49.72 Years 2021 up 7.2% rising
182 Eswatini 47.47 Years 2021 up 12.5% rising
183 Somalia 47.42 Years 2021 up 21.1% rising
184 Central African Republic 45.43 Years 2021 up 5.7% rising
185 Lesotho 44.63 Years 2021 up 4.2% rising

About this data

Indicator
Healthy life expectancy
Unit
Years
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
185 places, 4,070 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed

The estimated average number of years lived free from disability or disease burden. This is based on period life expectancy, after adjusting for the number of years lived in less than "full health" due to disease and/or injury.