This indicator demonstrates overall healthy life expectancy and in particular provides information on health inequalities through comparisons by country and demographic characteristics. Health inequalities were one of the key challenges identified to be addressed as part of Horizon 2020. Source: Eurostat
| Geo | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) | 72.7 | 72.8 | 72.9 | 73.3 | 73.7 | 73.7 | 74.7 | 74.9 | 75.0 | 75.3 |
| European Union - 28 countries (2013-2020) | 73.1 | 73.2 | 73.1 | 73.5 | 73.9 | 73.9 | 74.7 | 75.1 | 75.1 | - |
| European Union - 27 countries (2007-2013) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Belgium | 74.0 | 73.8 | 74.3 | 74.6 | 74.8 | 74.4 | 75.0 | 75.5 | 75.6 | 75.7 |
| Bulgaria | 66.9 | 67.5 | 67.9 | 68.4 | 67.7 | 67.8 | 68.8 | 68.8 | 69.1 | 70.1 |
| Czechia | 69.7 | 69.9 | 70.0 | 70.4 | 71.5 | 71.6 | 71.7 | 72.1 | 72.7 | 73.1 |
| Denmark | 73.9 | 74.3 | 75.2 | 75.4 | 75.7 | 75.8 | 75.6 | 75.8 | 75.8 | 75.9 |
| Germany (until 1990 former territory of the FRG) | 74.6 | 74.7 | 74.7 | 75.2 | 75.6 | 75.2 | 75.3 | 75.3 | 75.2 | 75.4 |
| Estonia | 67.2 | 66.7 | 66.8 | 67.5 | 67.9 | 68.7 | 69.4 | 70.0 | 69.5 | 70.4 |
| Ireland | 78.3 | 78.5 | 78.6 | 78.1 | 78.1 | 78.4 | 78.9 | 79.5 | 79.7 | 80.3 |
| Greece | 73.4 | 74.3 | 74.0 | 73.7 | 73.6 | 73.8 | 74.0 | 74.1 | 75.3 | 77.0 |
| Spain | 75.6 | 76.3 | 75.9 | 76.2 | 76.6 | 77.0 | 77.8 | 78.3 | 77.9 | 78.4 |
| France | 74.9 | 75.4 | 75.6 | 75.8 | 76.3 | 76.6 | 76.6 | 76.5 | 76.6 | 76.4 |
| Croatia | 63.2 | 63.8 | 64.3 | 65.0 | 65.1 | 65.5 | 66.4 | 66.8 | 67.6 | 68.2 |
| Italy | 75.2 | 73.2 | 73.5 | 73.8 | 74.4 | 74.0 | 77.7 | 78.9 | 78.5 | 78.7 |
| Cyprus | 73.5 | 73.6 | 74.7 | 75.3 | 76.8 | 76.4 | 78.3 | 77.7 | 77.6 | 77.2 |
| Latvia | 63.1 | 63.7 | 65.4 | 64.9 | 64.9 | 65.8 | 66.2 | 65.7 | 66.5 | 67.2 |
| Lithuania | 63.0 | 62.6 | 62.8 | 63.9 | 64.8 | 65.5 | 65.9 | 67.3 | 67.8 | 67.9 |
| Luxembourg | 74.6 | 74.8 | 75.5 | 75.4 | 75.9 | 75.7 | 74.5 | 74.7 | 74.4 | 75.6 |
| Hungary | 64.7 | 65.3 | 65.5 | 66.3 | 66.4 | 66.3 | 68.2 | 68.3 | 69.3 | 69.5 |
| Malta | 78.0 | 77.1 | 77.8 | 78.3 | 79.0 | 78.8 | 79.7 | 78.6 | 78.8 | 79.5 |
| Netherlands | 77.5 | 77.4 | 77.3 | 77.9 | 78.0 | 78.0 | 78.3 | 78.6 | 78.6 | 78.4 |
| Austria | 73.8 | 73.9 | 74.4 | 74.5 | 75.0 | 74.9 | 75.7 | 75.7 | 75.7 | 75.9 |
| Poland | 65.9 | 66.5 | 66.7 | 67.4 | 68.3 | 68.2 | 68.9 | 68.8 | 69.5 | 69.7 |
| Portugal | 65.6 | 67.7 | 68.1 | 68.1 | 68.4 | 68.9 | 70.3 | 71.0 | 71.0 | 71.5 |
| Romania | 67.9 | 68.5 | 68.1 | 69.0 | 69.2 | 69.8 | 70.9 | 70.8 | 70.9 | 71.1 |
| Slovenia | 69.8 | 70.3 | 70.9 | 72.0 | 72.5 | 72.1 | 73.6 | 73.8 | 74.0 | 74.2 |
| Slovakia | 65.5 | 66.1 | 66.9 | 67.5 | 67.6 | 67.5 | 68.3 | 68.9 | 68.7 | 68.6 |
| Finland | 75.0 | 75.3 | 76.1 | 76.4 | 76.7 | 77.6 | 77.1 | 77.9 | 77.8 | 78.2 |
| Sweden | 77.8 | 78.1 | 78.2 | 78.8 | 78.9 | 79.0 | 78.3 | 78.3 | 78.4 | 79.3 |
| Iceland | 77.4 | 77.1 | 78.6 | 77.7 | 77.8 | 78.2 | 77.3 | 78.0 | 78.0 | - |
| Norway | 75.6 | 75.1 | 77.0 | 76.1 | 77.2 | 77.7 | 76.6 | 77.4 | 77.2 | 76.7 |
| Switzerland | 80.1 | 80.3 | 80.5 | 80.1 | 80.2 | 80.0 | 80.6 | 80.6 | 80.8 | 81.2 |
| United Kingdom | 76.6 | 77.0 | 75.0 | 75.3 | 75.2 | 75.3 | 75.1 | 76.3 | 76.0 | - |