EU countries by people who rate their health as good or very good

Ireland had the highest people who rate their health as good or very good of 27 EU countries in 2016, at 83%. Lithuania had the lowest, at 43.4%. The median was 69.1% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 67.5%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest83Ireland

Lowest43.4Lithuania

Median69.127 EU countries

European Union (27)67.5History

All EU countries, 2016

%. Source: Eurostat, Self-perceived health, very good or good, aged 16 and over, all education levels (hlth_silc_02). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2016 (%)	Change on 2015
1	Ireland	83	+0.2 pts
2	Cyprus	78.7	-1.6 pts
3	Netherlands Series break	76	-0.2 pts
4	Sweden	75.1	-2.5 pts
5	Greece	74	-0.1 pts
6	Belgium	73.8	-0.8 pts
7	Malta	73	+1.8 pts
8	Spain	72.5	-0.1 pts
9	Denmark	71.3	-0.2 pts
10	Italy Series break	70.9	+5.1 pts
11	Romania	70.5	+0.5 pts
12	Austria	70.3	+0.4 pts
12	Finland	70.3	+0.4 pts
14	Luxembourg	69.1	-1.5 pts
15	Slovakia	66.5	+0.5 pts
16	France	66.3	-1.7 pts
17	Bulgaria Series break	65.8	+0.2 pts
18	Germany	65.2	+0.6 pts
19	Slovenia	64.5	-0.3 pts
20	Czechia	60.4	-0.9 pts
21	Hungary	59.6	+3.2 pts
22	Croatia	59.2	+1 pts
23	Poland	58.5	+0.6 pts
24	Estonia	52.9	+1.4 pts
25	Portugal	47.7	+1.2 pts
26	Latvia	47.2	+0.9 pts
27	Lithuania	43.4	+0.6 pts

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About this ranking

Share of people aged 16 and over who describe their health in general as very good or good (EU statistics on income and living conditions, EU-SILC).

A subjective measure: answers depend on expectations and on how the question reads in each language, so changes within a country are more reliable than gaps between countries. The reference year is the survey year.

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

How to cite

Eurostat. Self-perceived health, very good or good, aged 16 and over, all education levels (hlth_silc_02). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_silc_02/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Self-perceived health, very good or good, aged 16 and over, all education levels (hlth_silc_02) (EU countries by people who rate their health as good or very good, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_silc_02/default/table

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Self-perceived health, very good or good, aged 16 and over, all education levels (hlth_silc_02), EU countries by people who rate their health as good or very good, 2016. Eurostat, European Commission, 17 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_silc_02/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/self-perceived-good-health/eu-countries?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Self-perceived health, very good or good, aged 16 and over, all education levels (hlth_silc_02). EU countries by people who rate their health as good or very good, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_silc_02/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/self-perceived-good-health/eu-countries?period=2016.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Self-perceived health, very good or good, aged 16 and over, all education levels (hlth_silc_02), EU countries by people who rate their health as good or very good, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_silc_02/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/self-perceived-good-health/eu-countries?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which EU country has the highest people who rate their health as good or very good?

Ireland, with 83% in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest people who rate their health as good or very good?

Lithuania, with 43.4% in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Self-perceived health, very good or good, aged 16 and over, all education levels (hlth_silc_02). Retrieved 2026-10-12.