Countries by healthy life expectancy at birth

Singapore had the highest healthy life expectancy at birth of 185 countries in 2016, at 73.3 years. Lesotho had the lowest, at 43.5 years. The median was 63.8 years. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest73.3Singapore

Lowest43.5Lesotho

Median63.8185 countries

Top 40 countries, 2016

years. Source: World Health Organization, Healthy life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes (WHOSIS_000002). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2016 years	Change on 2015
1	Singapore	73.3	+0.3
2	Japan	73.2	+0.1
3	South Korea	71.7	+0.3
4	Spain	71.4	+0.3
5	Italy	71.4	+0.5
6	Luxembourg	71.3	+0.1
7	Israel	71.2	+0.2
8	Switzerland	71.2	+0.4
9	Iceland	71.2	0
10	Malta	71	+0.1
11	Sweden	70.9	+0.2
12	Norway	70.9	+0.1
13	Cyprus	70.8	-0
14	Kuwait	70.5	+0.8
15	Netherlands	70.4	0
16	France	70.4	+0.2
17	Australia	70.3	+0.2
18	Canada	70.2	0
19	Austria	70.2	+0.3
20	Ireland	70	+0.2
21	Denmark	69.9	+0.1
22	Finland	69.8	-0
23	Peru	69.8	-0.1
24	Slovenia	69.7	+0.3
25	Greece	69.7	+0.2
26	Portugal	69.7	0
27	New Zealand	69.7	+0.3
28	Belgium	69.6	+0.3
29	United Kingdom	69.4	+0.1
30	United Arab Emirates	69.2	0
31	Germany	69.2	+0.2
32	Puerto Rico	69.2	-0.2
33	Costa Rica	69	-0.3
34	Chile	69	+0.2
35	Maldives	68.4	+0.4
36	Albania	68.3	+0.1
37	Czechia	68.2	+0.3
38	Cuba	68.2	+0.2
39	Croatia	68.1	+0.5
40	China	68.1	+0.1
41	Panama	67.8	+0.1
42	Jordan	67.7	+0.2
43	Colombia	67.6	+0.2
44	Poland	67.5	+0.3
45	Qatar	67.5	+0.3
46	Estonia	67.5	0
47	Montenegro	67.4	+0.2
48	Thailand	67.2	0
49	Ecuador	67.2	0
50	Lebanon	67.1	+0.3
51	Slovakia	67.1	+0.4
52	Bosnia and Herzegovina	67	+0.1
53	Brunei	67	-0.1
54	Nicaragua	66.9	-0.2
55	Uruguay	66.7	-0.2
56	Sri Lanka	66.6	+0.2
57	Barbados	66.5	0
58	Türkiye	66.4	0
59	Serbia	66.3	+0.3
60	Hungary	66.3	+0.4
61	Tunisia	66.2	+0.1
62	Argentina	66.2	-0.3
63	Iran	66.2	+0.1
64	United States	66.2	-0.1
65	North Macedonia	66.1	+0.2
66	Saudi Arabia	66	-0.1
67	Algeria	66	+0.1
68	Romania	65.8	+0.1
69	Saint Lucia	65.8	-0.1
70	Antigua and Barbuda	65.7	-0.1
71	Bahrain	65.5	-0.1
72	Armenia	65.5	+0.1
73	Latvia	65.5	+0.1
74	Bulgaria	65.5	+0.2
75	Mexico	65.4	-0.1
76	Malaysia	65.3	+0.1
77	Cape Verde	65.3	+0.1
78	Azerbaijan	65.2	+0.3
79	Vietnam	65	+0.1
80	Lithuania	65	+0.3
81	Belize	64.8	+0.1
82	Paraguay	64.7	-0.2
83	Belarus	64.6	+0.2
84	Palestine	64.5	+0.3
85	Oman	64.4	-0
86	Mauritius	64.3	0
87	Seychelles	64.3	-0.1
88	Kyrgyzstan	64.1	+0.9
89	Tajikistan	64	+0.3
90	Georgia	63.9	-0.2
91	North Korea	63.9	+0.2
92	Trinidad and Tobago	63.9	-0.4
93	Tonga	63.8	+0.1
94	Brazil	63.8	-0.1
95	El Salvador	63.8	+0.7
96	Dominican Republic	63.7	0
97	Bahamas	63.7	0
98	Jamaica	63.6	0
99	Bhutan	63.6	+0.2
100	Bangladesh	63.4	+0.2
101	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	63.4	+0.1
102	Kazakhstan	63.3	+0.4
103	Morocco	63.3	+0.1
104	Moldova	63.3	+0.6
105	Grenada	63.2	-0.1
106	Ukraine	63.2	+0.4
107	Suriname	63.2	+0.1
108	Venezuela	63.1	-1.2
109	Bolivia	63.1	+0.2
110	Indonesia	62.8	+0.2
111	Libya	62.7	-0
112	Russia	62.4	+0.3
113	São Tomé and Príncipe	62.3	+0.3
114	Guatemala	62.1	+0.2
115	Honduras	62.1	+1.3
116	Egypt	61.9	+0.5
117	Uzbekistan	61.8	+0.4
118	Samoa	61.4	-0.1
119	Mauritania	61.1	+0.2
120	Mongolia	61.1	+0.3
121	Philippines	61.1	-0.2
122	Turkmenistan	61	+0.1
123	Iraq	60.9	+0.1
124	Nepal	60.8	+0.7
125	Cambodia	60.7	+0.2
126	India	59.9	+0.4
127	Myanmar	59.9	+0.4
128	Laos	59.7	+0.4
129	Timor-Leste	59.7	+0.2
130	Fiji	59.7	-0.1
131	Comoros	59.4	+0.2
132	Sudan	59.4	+0.3
133	Vanuatu	59.2	+0.1
134	Senegal	59	+0.3
135	Ethiopia	58.9	+0.4
136	Rwanda	58.5	+0.2
137	Guyana	58.2	+0.5
138	Papua New Guinea	58.1	+0.2
139	Yemen	58.1	-0.5
140	Micronesia	57.8	+0.2
141	Solomon Islands	57.8	+0.1
142	Tanzania	57.3	+0.4
143	Kenya	57	+0.6
144	Pakistan	57	+0.3
145	Ghana	56.8	+0.3
146	Djibouti	56.7	+0.4
147	Uganda	56.3	+0.4
148	Madagascar	55.9	+0.1
149	Gambia	55.9	+0.2
150	Gabon	55.8	+0.2
151	Burundi	55.2	+0.5
152	Benin	54.9	+0.3
153	Eritrea	54.9	+0.3
154	South Africa	54.7	+0.5
155	Malawi	54.6	+0.3
156	Botswana	54.5	+0.8
157	Republic of the Congo	54.5	+0.4
158	Togo	54.4	+0.4
159	Kiribati	54.4	+0.1
160	Namibia	54.3	+0.2
161	Haiti	54.2	+0.2
162	Nigeria	53.9	+0.3
163	Burkina Faso	53.9	+0.4
164	Côte d’Ivoire	53.8	+0.6
165	Angola	53.7	+0.2
166	Zambia	53.1	+0.5
167	Liberia	53	+1.5
168	Mali	52.9	+0.4
169	Equatorial Guinea	52.7	-0.2
170	Niger	52.5	+0.2
171	Guinea	52.4	+0.5
172	Cameroon	52.3	+0.7
173	Syria	52.3	0
174	Democratic Republic of the Congo	52.2	+0.4
175	Afghanistan	51.7	0
176	Sierra Leone	51.2	+1.6
177	South Sudan	51.1	-0.1
178	Guinea-Bissau	50.9	+0.4
179	Zimbabwe	50.9	+0.4
180	Chad	50.8	+0.4
181	Mozambique	49.1	+0.7
182	Somalia	47.6	+0.3
183	Eswatini	46.5	+0.9
184	Central African Republic	44.7	+0.5
185	Lesotho	43.5	+1

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About this ranking

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.

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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Which country has the highest healthy life expectancy at birth?

Singapore, with 73.3 years in 2016, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest healthy life expectancy at birth?

Lesotho, with 43.5 years in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Health Organization, Healthy life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes (WHOSIS_000002). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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