# Healthy life expectancy at birth

Average number of years a newborn can expect to live in full health (HALE), counting years lived with disease or injury as partly lost. Both sexes. WHO Global Health Estimates, calculated with Sullivan's method from life tables and the rate of years lived with disability.

## Key facts

- Healthy life expectancy at birth in the United States was 63.9 years in 2021, according to World Health Organization.
- Singapore had the highest healthy life expectancy at birth of 185 countries in 2021, at 73.6 years, and Lesotho the lowest, at 44.6 years. Source: World Health Organization.
- Published for 185 places, with figures from 2000 to 2021.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

- Indicator id: `healthy_life_expectancy`
- Unit: years
- Note: Modelled WHO estimates, not a national survey measure, so they differ from Eurostat's healthy life years, which come from self-reported limitations. Values are served with every decimal WHO publishes. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/healthy-life-expectancy
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/healthy_life_expectancy

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | years | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| United States | 2021 | 63.9 | World Health Organization, data.who.int. Healthy life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes (WHOSIS_000002) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/48D9B0C/C64284D (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data. |

## Rankings

- [Countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/healthy-life-expectancy/countries.md) (185 places)
- [EU countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/healthy-life-expectancy/eu-countries.md) (27 places)