Healthy life years at birth in United Kingdom
A newborn in United Kingdom could expect 61.2 years in good health in 2018. The value for 2018 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2005.
The latest value for United Kingdom is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2024.
United Kingdom, 2018
61.2
Change from 2017
−2.4%
European Union, 2018
64.0 years
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2018
61.2 years
Healthy life years at birth in United Kingdom over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Years. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United Kingdom | 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 | 61.2 years | 64.0 years |
| 2017 | 62.7 years | 63.9 years |
| 2016 | 63.1 years | 64.0 years |
| 2015 | 63.5 years | 62.8 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2014 | 63.8 years | 61.3 years |
| 2013 | 64.6 years | 61.0 years |
| 2012 | 64.5 years | 61.3 years |
| 2011 | 65.2 years | 61.4 years |
| 2010 | 65.3 years | 61.8 years |
| 2009 | 65.5 years | 61.0 years |
| 2008 | 65.6 years | 61.0 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 65.3 years | 61.7 years |
| 2006 | 64.8 years | 61.6 yearse (estimated) |
| 2005 | 64.9 years | 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 −2.4% from 62.7 years in 2017.
- Since 2008, when it was 65.6 years, the figure has changed by −6.7%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2018 was 64.0 years.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Life expectancy at birth
81.3 years
2018 · Eurostat
People reporting good or very good health
73.2%
2018 · Eurostat
Infant mortality rate
3.9 per 1,000 live births
2018 · Eurostat
Practising physicians
294 per 100,000 people
2019 · Eurostat
Health spending share of GDP
10.2%
2019 · Eurostat
Practising nurses
660d (Definition differs) per 100,000 people
2019 · Eurostat