Healthy life expectancy at birth

The average number of years a newborn can expect to live in full health, taking into account years lived in less than full health because of disease or injury (HALE). WHO estimate.

Years Annual 185 countries 2000 to 2023 Source: WHO

Highest in 2023 72.9 years Singapore Lowest in 2023 44.7 years Central African Republic

Countries ranked for 2023 185 Updated by the source on 1 October 2026

185 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period in the data.

Trend over time

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Years. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Healthy life expectancy at birth (years), 2000 to 2023
Period	United States	China	India	Germany
2023	64.6 years	68.0 years	60.6 years	69.1 years
2022	64.0 years	68.2 years	60.2 years	68.8 years
2021	63.2 years	68.5 years	58.4 years	68.9 years
2020	63.8 years	68.6 years	60.1 years	69.0 years
2019	65.3 years	68.4 years	60.5 years	69.4 years
2018	65.3 years	68.2 years	60.2 years	69.1 years
2017	65.2 years	68.0 years	59.8 years	69.1 years
2016	65.3 years	67.8 years	59.5 years	69.0 years
2015	65.4 years	67.6 years	59.1 years	68.8 years
2014	65.5 years	67.5 years	58.9 years	69.1 years
2013	65.6 years	67.3 years	58.5 years	68.8 years
2012	65.7 years	67.0 years	58.1 years	69.0 years
2011	65.6 years	66.8 years	57.8 years	68.9 years
2010	65.7 years	66.6 years	57.4 years	68.7 years
2009	65.5 years	66.4 years	57.1 years	68.6 years
2008	65.3 years	65.9 years	56.9 years	68.5 years
2007	65.2 years	65.7 years	56.5 years	68.5 years
2006	65.1 years	65.4 years	56.2 years	68.4 years
2005	64.9 years	64.9 years	55.9 years	68.1 years
2004	64.9 years	64.4 years	55.6 years	68.0 years
2003	64.7 years	64.2 years	55.1 years	67.6 years
2002	64.6 years	63.9 years	54.7 years	67.5 years
2001	64.5 years	63.5 years	54.2 years	67.5 years
2000	64.5 years	63.2 years	53.8 years	67.3 years

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In short

Among the 185 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Singapore (72.9 years) and the lowest Central African Republic (44.7 years).
Half of the countries are above 63.8 years and half below.
From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 159 countries and fell in 22.

About this measure

Definition: The average number of years a newborn can expect to live in full health, taking into account years lived in less than full health because of disease or injury (HALE). WHO estimate.
Unit: Years
Frequency: Annual
Changes are shown as: Percent change

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Modelled estimates, revised when WHO publishes a new round of Global Health Estimates.

Source and dates

Original producer: WHO
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Dataset or series code: WHOSIS_000002 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 2000 to 2023
Provider update: 1 October 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (WHO datasets, with additional terms)
Attribution: Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory

All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

1 Singapore 72.9 years
2 Japan 72.2 years
3 South Korea 72.0 years
4 Luxembourg 71.4 years
5 Italy 71.2 years
6 Spain 71.2 years
7 Switzerland 71.2 years
8 Israel 71.0 years
9 Malta 70.8 years
10 Sweden 70.6 years
11 Norway 70.4 years
12 Cyprus 70.3 years
13 Denmark 70.3 years
14 Ireland 70.2 years
15 United Arab Emirates 70.2 years
16 France 70.0 years
17 Austria 69.9 years
18 Belgium 69.9 years
19 Greece 69.8 years
20 Iceland 69.8 years
21 Portugal 69.8 years
22 Maldives 69.6 years
23 Australia 69.5 years
24 Kuwait 69.5 years
25 Finland 69.4 years
26 Qatar 69.3 years
27 Slovenia 69.2 years
28 Germany 69.1 years
29 Chile 69.0 years
30 Netherlands 68.8 years
31 Bahrain 68.7 years
32 Jordan 68.6 years
33 Albania 68.3 years
34 Oman 68.2 years
35 United Kingdom 68.2 years
36 China 68.0 years
37 Czechia 68.0 years
38 New Zealand 68.0 years
39 Canada 67.9 years
40 Estonia 67.8 years
41 Thailand 67.8 years
42 Puerto Rico (US) 67.5 years
43 Barbados 67.4 years
44 Croatia 67.3 years
45 Panama 67.3 years
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 67.2 years
47 Costa Rica 67.1 years
48 Peru 67.1 years
49 Slovakia 67.1 years
50 Poland 66.9 years
51 Antigua and Barbuda 66.7 years
52 Brunei 66.7 years
53 Colombia 66.7 years
54 Sri Lanka 66.6 years
55 Algeria 66.5 years
56 Ecuador 66.5 years
57 North Macedonia 66.5 years
58 Saudi Arabia 66.5 years
59 Argentina 66.4 years
60 Armenia 66.4 years
61 Cuba 66.2 years
62 Tunisia 66.2 years
63 Uruguay 66.2 years
64 Lithuania 66.1 years
65 Seychelles 66.1 years
66 Hungary 66.0 years
67 Lebanon 66.0 years
68 Romania 66.0 years
69 Serbia 66.0 years
70 Cabo Verde 65.9 years
71 Iran 65.6 years
72 Malaysia 65.5 years
73 Viet Nam 65.5 years
74 Bulgaria 65.4 years
75 Nicaragua 65.4 years
76 Azerbaijan 65.2 years
77 Latvia 65.2 years
78 Kyrgyzstan 65.1 years
79 Türkiye 65.1 years
80 Bhutan 65.0 years
81 Montenegro 65.0 years
82 Belarus 64.6 years
83 Georgia 64.6 years
84 Kazakhstan 64.6 years
85 Morocco 64.6 years
86 Tajikistan 64.6 years
87 United States 64.6 years
88 Uzbekistan 64.6 years
89 Mongolia 64.1 years
90 Dominican Republic 64.0 years
91 Bahamas 63.8 years
92 Brazil 63.8 years
93 Samoa 63.8 years
94 Indonesia 63.7 years
95 Mauritius 63.6 years
96 São Tomé and Príncipe 63.3 years
97 Tonga 63.3 years
98 Mexico 63.1 years
99 North Korea 63.0 years
100 Bolivia 62.8 years
101 El Salvador 62.7 years
102 Grenada 62.7 years
103 Jamaica 62.7 years
104 Paraguay 62.5 years
105 Bangladesh 62.4 years
106 Iraq 62.4 years
107 Cambodia 62.3 years
108 Moldova 62.3 years
109 Russia 62.2 years
110 Nepal 62.1 years
111 Philippines 62.0 years
112 Honduras 61.9 years
113 Saint Lucia 61.9 years
114 Laos 61.8 years
115 Venezuela 61.8 years
116 Belize 61.7 years
117 Egypt 61.6 years
118 Ukraine 61.6 years
119 Mauritania 61.4 years
120 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 61.4 years
121 Syria 61.3 years
122 Suriname 61.2 years
123 Timor-Leste 60.8 years
124 Comoros 60.7 years
125 India 60.6 years
126 Myanmar 60.6 years
127 Guatemala 60.5 years
128 Turkmenistan 60.5 years
129 Rwanda 60.0 years
130 Trinidad and Tobago 59.8 years
131 Ethiopia 59.6 years
132 Senegal 59.4 years
133 Fiji 59.3 years
134 Tanzania 59.2 years
135 Vanuatu 59.1 years
136 Papua New Guinea 59.0 years
137 Kenya 58.9 years
138 Libya 58.9 years
139 Ghana 58.7 years
140 Djibouti 58.4 years
141 Pakistan 58.4 years
142 Botswana 58.1 years
143 Uganda 58.1 years
144 Yemen 57.9 years
145 Sudan 57.8 years
146 Gabon 57.7 years
147 Gambia 57.6 years
148 Micronesia 57.5 years
149 Solomon Islands 57.4 years
150 Namibia 56.9 years
151 Burundi 56.8 years
152 Benin 56.4 years
153 Côte d'Ivoire 56.4 years
154 Eritrea 56.4 years
155 Madagascar 56.4 years
156 South Africa 56.2 years
157 Zambia 56.2 years
158 Malawi 56.0 years
159 Republic of the Congo 55.9 years
160 Cameroon 55.8 years
161 Togo 55.8 years
162 Angola 55.7 years
163 Burkina Faso 55.5 years
164 Haiti 55.2 years
165 Mali 55.2 years
166 Equatorial Guinea 55.0 years
167 Kiribati 54.5 years
168 West Bank and Gaza 54.3 years
169 Guinea 54.2 years
170 Liberia 54.2 years
171 Nigeria 54.1 years
172 Sierra Leone 53.6 years
173 Afghanistan 53.3 years
174 Democratic Republic of the Congo 53.1 years
175 Niger 53.1 years
176 Chad 52.8 years
177 Guinea-Bissau 52.8 years
178 Mozambique 52.7 years
179 South Sudan 52.7 years
180 Guyana 52.6 years
181 Zimbabwe 52.5 years
182 Eswatini 51.1 years
183 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 48.6 years
184 Lesotho 47.9 years
185 Central African Republic 44.7 years

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WHO. "Healthy life expectancy at birth." PiSpace Open Data, publication 29, retrieved 14 November 2026. https://data.pispace.eu/indicators/who-healthy-life-expectancy

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WHO. (2026). Healthy life expectancy at birth [Data set]. PiSpace Open Data. https://data.pispace.eu/indicators/who-healthy-life-expectancy?pub=29

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@misc{who_healthy_life_expectancy_29,
  author = {{WHO}},
  title = {Healthy life expectancy at birth},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {PiSpace Open Data},
  url = {https://data.pispace.eu/indicators/who-healthy-life-expectancy?pub=29},
  note = {Publication 29, retrieved 2026-11-14}
}

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