Healthy life expectancy at birth

Healthy life expectancy at birth (HALE) – also called "disability-adjusted life expectancy" – represents the average number of years that a person can expect to live in "full health".

The list below shows healthy life expectancy at birth for 195 countries. This is calculated by taking into account years lived in less than full health due to disease and/or injury.


Japan 84
China, Hong Kong SAR 83
Switzerland 82
Australia 82
Iceland 82
Italy 82
Israel 82
Spain 82
France 82
Sweden 82
China, Macao SAR 81
Singapore 81
Norway 81
Canada 81
Austria 81
New Zealand 81
Netherlands 81
Ireland 81
Republic of Korea 81
Germany 81
Martinique 80
United Kingdom 80
Finland 80
Channel Islands 80
Luxembourg 80
Greece 80
Belgium 80
Malta 80
Cyprus 80
Guadeloupe 80
Portugal 80
Costa Rica 80
United States Virgin Islands 80
Slovenia 79
Cuba 79
Puerto Rico 79
Chile 79
Denmark 79
United States of America 79
Qatar 78
Brunei Darussalam 78
Czech Republic 78
Mayotte 78
Réunion 78
Maldives 77
Albania 77
Mexico 77
Uruguay 77
New Caledonia 77
Barbados 77
United Arab Emirates 77
French Guiana 77
Croatia 77
Netherlands Antilles 77
Guam 76
Panama 76
Poland 76
Belize 76
Argentina 76
Grenada 76
Syrian Arab Republic 76
Ecuador 76
Bosnia and Herzegovina 76
Bahamas 76
Slovakia 76
French Polynesia 76
Viet Nam 75
Bahrain 75
Aruba 75
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 75
Sri Lanka 75
TFYR Macedonia 75
Kuwait 75
Montenegro 75
Saint Lucia 75
Estonia 75
Tunisia 75
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 75
Serbia 75
Malaysia 75
Hungary 75
Thailand 74
Nicaragua 74
Saudi Arabia 74
Turkey 74
Peru 74
Romania 74
Armenia 74
Cape Verde 74
Colombia 74
Brazil 74
Georgia 74
Oman 74
Dominican Republic 74
China 74
Bulgaria 74
Jordan 74
Latvia 74
Mauritius 74
Honduras 74
Egypt 74
Jamaica 73
Algeria 73
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 73
Occupied Palestinian Territory 73
Samoa 73
Lebanon 73
Paraguay 73
Lithuania 73
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 73
Morocco 73
Tonga 73
El Salvador 72
Vanuatu 72
Guatemala 72
Suriname 71
Azerbaijan 71
Belarus 71
Trinidad and Tobago 70
Guyana 70
Iraq 70
Indonesia 70
Republic of Moldova 70
Fiji 70
Bangladesh 69
Philippines 69
Micronesia (Fed. States of) 69
Russian Federation 69
Nepal 69
Ukraine 69
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea 69
Mongolia 69
Uzbekistan 69
Solomon Islands 68
Kyrgyzstan 68
Tajikistan 68
Lao People's Dem. Republic 68
Bhutan 68
Kazakhstan 68
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 67
Madagascar 67
Yemen 66
India 66
Myanmar 66
Pakistan 66
Turkmenistan 65
Sao Tome and Principe 65
Ghana 65
Cambodia 64
Papua New Guinea 63
Gabon 63
Timor-Leste 63
Namibia 63
Haiti 63
Eritrea 62
Sudan 62
Comoros 62
Ethiopia 60
Senegal 60
United Republic of Tanzania 59
Mauritania 59
Gambia 59
Djibouti 59
Congo 58
Kenya 58
Togo 58
Liberia 58
Benin 57
Côte d'Ivoire 56
Burkina Faso 56
Rwanda 56
Niger 55
Malawi 55
Guinea 55
Uganda 55
South Africa 54
Zimbabwe 53
Nigeria 53
Botswana 53
Cameroon 52
Mali 52
Somalia 52
Angola 52
Equatorial Guinea 52
Burundi 51
Mozambique 51
Chad 50
Zambia 50
Central African Republic 50
Afghanistan 49
Swaziland 49
Dem. Republic of the Congo 49
Lesotho 49
Guinea-Bissau 49
Sierra Leone 48

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