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Healthy life years at birth

The number of years a newborn can expect to live without limitations in usual activities due to health problems, combining mortality data with self-reported activity limitation from the EU survey on income and living conditions.

Unit: Years Frequency: Annual Coverage: 31 countries and 1 group 2004 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
Highest in 2024 73.4 yearsb (break in time series) Italy Lowest in 2024 52.5 years Latvia
European Union, 2024 65.2 years Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024 28 Updated by the source on 17 July 2026

28 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.

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Years. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Healthy life years at birth (years), 2004 to 2024
Period European UnionGermanyFranceSpain
2024 65.2 years 62.4 years 63.6 yearsp (provisional) 68.6 yearsb (break in time series)
2023 63.1 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) 62.5 yearsb (break in time series) 63.8 yearsp (provisional) 62.1 years
2022 62.6 yearsb (break in time series) 61.1 yearsbu (break in time series, low reliability) 64.4 yearsbp (break in time series, provisional) 61.2 years
2021 63.6 years 65.6 years 66.2 years 62.8 years
2020 64.0 years 65.7 yearsb (break in time series) 64.6 yearsb (break in time series) 66.3 years
2019 64.6 years 66.3 years 64.1 years 69.9 years
2018 64.0 years 65.8 years 63.9 years 68.0 years
2017 63.9 years 66.0 years 63.7 years 69.4 years
2016 64.0 years 66.4 years 63.4 years 66.2 years
2015 62.8 yearsb (break in time series) 66.4 yearsb (break in time series) 63.6 years 64.0 years
2014 61.3 years 56.5 years 63.8 years 65.0 years
2013 61.0 years 57.4 years 63.6 years 64.3 years
2012 61.3 years 57.6 years 63.2 years 65.3 years
2011 61.4 years 58.2 years 63.1 years 65.5 years
2010 61.8 years 58.3 years 62.6 years 64.2 years
2009 61.0 years 57.6 years 63.1 years 62.7 years
2008 61.0 yearsb (break in time series) 57.0 yearsb (break in time series) 63.7 years 63.8 yearsb (break in time series)
2007 61.7 years 58.8 years 63.6 years 63.4 years
2006 61.6 yearse (estimated) 58.5 yearsb (break in time series) 63.6 years 63.8 years
2005 60.9 yearse (estimated) 54.6 years 63.5 years 63.3 years
2004 62.9 yearse (estimated) – 62.9 years 62.7 years

Flags: b break in time series; bu break in time series, low reliability; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; bp break in time series, provisional; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

  • Among the 28 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Italy (73.4 years) and the lowest Latvia (52.5 years).
  • Half of the countries are above 63.9 years and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 18 countries and fell in 9.
  • The figure for the European Union was 65.2 years in 2024, against 64.6 years in 2019 (+0.9%). The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.

About this measure

Definition
The number of years a newborn can expect to live without limitations in usual activities due to health problems, combining mortality data with self-reported activity limitation from the EU survey on income and living conditions.
Population covered
Newborns
Unit
Years
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percent change

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
hlth_hlye · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A hlth_hle=HLY_Y0 unit=YR
Observation period
2004 to 2024
Provider update
17 July 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Italy 73.4 yearsb (break in time series)
  2. 2 Malta 70.6 years
  3. 3 Greece 69.9 years
  4. 4 Bulgaria 69.1 years
  5. 5 Spain 68.6 yearsb (break in time series)
  6. 6 Slovenia 67.5 years
  7. 7 Sweden 67.5 years
  8. 8 Ireland 66.9 years
  9. 9 Romania 65.0 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated)
  10. 10 Norway 64.8 years
  11. 11 Portugal 64.8 yearsb (break in time series)
  12. 12 Poland 64.7 years
  13. 13 Lithuania 64.3 yearsp (provisional)
  14. 14 Belgium 63.9 years
  15. 15 Cyprus 63.9 years
  16. 16 France 63.6 yearsp (provisional)
  17. 17 Hungary 63.3 years
  18. 18 Croatia 63.1 years
  19. 19 Czechia 62.4 years
  20. 20 Denmark 62.4 yearsb (break in time series)
  21. 21 Germany 62.4 years
  22. 22 Austria 60.4 years
  23. 23 Netherlands 59.5 years
  24. 24 Estonia 58.6 years
  25. 25 Switzerland 58.0 years
  26. 26 Finland 57.3 years
  27. 27 Slovakia 57.1 years
  28. 28 Latvia 52.5 years
  29. European Union 65.2 years
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.