In 2022, the variety of wholesome life years at delivery within the EU was 62.6 years on common, 62.8 years for girls and 62.4 years for males.
Life expectancy at delivery for girls within the EU was, on common, 5.4 years longer than that for males (83.3 years in contrast with 77.9 years). Wholesome life years – free from exercise limitations – symbolize 75% and 80% of the overall life expectancy for men and women, respectively. Subsequently, on common, males are likely to spend a larger proportion of their considerably shorter lives free from exercise limitations.

Supply dataset: hlth_hlye
Among the many EU international locations, Malta recorded the very best variety of wholesome life years at delivery in 2022 for girls (70.3 years), forward of Bulgaria (68.9 years) and Slovenia (68.5 years).
In distinction, Denmark had the bottom variety of wholesome life years for girls (54.6 years), adopted by Latvia (55.4 years) and the Netherlands (56.3 years).
The best variety of wholesome life years for males was additionally recorded in Malta (70.1), adopted by Sweden (67.5) and Italy (67.1), whereas the bottom ones have been present in Latvia (53.0 years), Slovakia (56.6 years) and Denmark (57.1 years).
For extra data
- Statistics Defined article on wholesome life years
- Thematic part on well being statistics
- Database on well being statistics
Methodological notes
- Wholesome life years: the variety of years that an individual is anticipated to stay with out an exercise limitation (incapacity)
- France, Malta and Portugal: information are provisional.
- Romania: information are estimated.
- Germany: information with low reliability.