Healthy life expectancy in Denmark
Healthy life expectancy at birth in Denmark was 70.3 years in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Denmark, 2023
70.3
Change from 2022
+1.0%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
69.4 years
Position in 2023
13th of 185
Healthy life expectancy in Denmark over time
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Denmark
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Years. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 70.3 years |
| 2022 | 69.6 years |
| 2021 | 69.8 years |
| 2020 | 69.9 years |
| 2019 | 70.1 years |
| 2018 | 69.7 years |
| 2017 | 69.8 years |
| 2016 | 69.6 years |
| 2015 | 69.5 years |
| 2014 | 69.5 years |
| 2013 | 69.3 years |
| 2012 | 69.1 years |
| 2011 | 68.9 years |
| 2010 | 68.5 years |
| 2009 | 68.3 years |
| 2008 | 68.2 years |
| 2007 | 67.9 years |
| 2006 | 67.9 years |
| 2005 | 67.8 years |
| 2004 | 67.5 years |
| 2003 | 67.2 years |
| 2002 | 66.9 years |
| 2001 | 66.8 years |
| 2000 | 66.7 years |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.0% from 69.6 years in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 69.3 years, the figure has changed by +1.4%.
- Among the 185 countries with data for 2023, Denmark has the 13th highest value.
More for Denmark
All statistics for Denmark
Life expectancy at birth
82.3 years
2024 · World Bank
Healthy life years at birth
62.4b (Break in time series) years
2024 · Eurostat
Life expectancy at birth
82.0 years
2024 · Eurostat
Infant mortality rate
4.3 per 1,000 live births
2024 · Eurostat
Hospital beds
207 per 100,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Practising physicians
466 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat