Healthy life years by sex in Denmark
Denmark: Healthy life years by sex was 82 Year in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
82 Year
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
18th
of 40 countries
All-time high
82 Year
in 2024
All-time low
77.8 Year
in 2004
Years of data
21
2004–2024
Healthy life years by sex in Denmark, 2004–2024
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Year.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 82 Year for healthy life years by sex in 2024. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, healthy life years by sex in Denmark peaked at 82 Year in 2024 and was at its lowest, 77.8 Year, in 2004.
Denmark ranks 18th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Healthy life years by sex in Denmark, year by year
| Year | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 77.8 Year | — |
| 2005 | 78.3 Year | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 78.4 Year | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 78.4 Year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 78.8 Year | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 79 Year | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 79.3 Year | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 79.9 Year | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 80.2 Year | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 80.4 Year | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 80.7 Year | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 80.8 Year | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 80.9 Year | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 81.1 Year | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 81 Year | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 81.5 Year | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 81.6 Year | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 81.5 Year | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 81.3 Year | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 81.8 Year | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 82 Year | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 78.45 Year | 77.8 Year | 79 Year | 6 |
| 2010s | 80.58 Year | 79.3 Year | 81.5 Year | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.64 Year | 81.3 Year | 82 Year | 5 |
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More health data for Denmark
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -3.12 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.1019 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,179 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 31 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 65-69, male, annual growth rate 1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65-69, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65-69, male, per capita 0.0272 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, female, annual growth rate 0.1404 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, female, per capita 0.0259 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is healthy life years by sex in Denmark?
- Healthy life years by sex in Denmark was 82 Year in 2024, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest healthy life years by sex recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 82 Year in 2024.
- What is the lowest healthy life years by sex recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.8 Year in 2004.
- How does Denmark rank for healthy life years by sex?
- Denmark ranks 18th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is healthy life years by sex rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Healthy life years by sex (from 2004 onwards). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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