Healthy life years at birth in European Union
A newborn in the European Union could expect 65.2 years in good health in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2004. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024
65.2
Change from 2023
+3.3%
Healthy life years at birth in European Union over time
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Years. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 65.2 years |
| 2023 | 63.1 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 62.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2021 | 63.6 years |
| 2020 | 64.0 years |
| 2019 | 64.6 years |
| 2018 | 64.0 years |
| 2017 | 63.9 years |
| 2016 | 64.0 years |
| 2015 | 62.8 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2014 | 61.3 years |
| 2013 | 61.0 years |
| 2012 | 61.3 years |
| 2011 | 61.4 years |
| 2010 | 61.8 years |
| 2009 | 61.0 years |
| 2008 | 61.0 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 61.7 years |
| 2006 | 61.6 yearse (estimated) |
| 2005 | 60.9 yearse (estimated) |
| 2004 | 62.9 yearse (estimated) |
Flags: e estimated; b break in time series; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +3.3% from 63.1 years in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 61.3 years, the figure has changed by +6.4%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
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