Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth

2024 · 41 countries · years · higher is better · source: WHO

Japan leads; the United States ranks 36 of 41 (63.9 years).

#CountryyearsYear
1 Japan 73.4 2021
2 Korea, Rep. 72.5 2021
3 Iceland 71.4 2021
4 Luxembourg 71.2 2021
5 Norway 71.2 2021
6 Switzerland 71.1 2021
7 Sweden 71.1 2021
8 Spain 71.1 2021
9 Israel 70.8 2021
10 Australia 70.6 2021
11 Italy 70.6 2021
12 France 70.1 2021
13 Denmark 70.1 2021
14 Ireland 70.0 2021
15 New Zealand 70.0 2021
16 Netherlands 70.0 2021
17 Finland 69.9 2021
18 Belgium 69.8 2021
19 Austria 69.8 2021
20 Canada 69.8 2021
21 Portugal 69.5 2021
22 Slovenia 69.4 2021
23 Germany 68.9 2021
24 United Kingdom 68.6 2021
25 Greece 68.6 2021
26 Chile 67.7 2021
27 Costa Rica 67.6 2021
28 Croatia 66.8 2021
29 Estonia 66.7 2021
30 Czechia 66.7 2021
31 Poland 65.5 2021
32 Turkiye 65.2 2021
33 Slovak Republic 64.9 2021
34 Hungary 64.8 2021
35 Lithuania 64.2 2021
36 United States 63.9 2021
37 Romania 63.8 2021
38 Latvia 63.8 2021
39 Bulgaria 62.4 2021
40 Brazil 61.8 2021
41 Mexico 61.4 2021