Healthy life years: 72.7 percent of life expectancy at birth in 2024, 1.1 percentage points lower than in 2016 · Open Data Index

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Healthy life years: 72.7 percent of life expectancy at birth in 2024, 1.1 percentage points lower than in 2016

Healthy life years, 2016 – 2024, in percent of life expectancy at birth. The highest point was 2020 (75.0). EU average in 2024: 79.9.

Source: Eurostat, dataset hlth_hlye (Healthy life years by sex (from 2004 onwards)) · opgehaald 25 oktober 2026Open the table Single block

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