The burden of chronic disease has significant implications both for individuals, in terms of their own health, and for health systems. This indicator provides a broad cross-cutting measure of health status at the national level, covering both physical and mental health, and hence the intended ultimate outcome of biomedical and health research. Breakdowns by country and demographic characteristics also provide an indication of health inequalities, which is one of the key challenges identified to be addressed under Horizon 2020. Source: Eurostat
| Geo | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) | 24.7 | - | 26.3 | 28.7 | 32.2 | - | 32.5 | - | - | - |
| European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| European Union - 28 countries (2013-2020) | 24.7 | - | 26.3 | 28.7 | 32.2 | - | 32.5 | - | - | - |
| European Union - 27 countries (2007-2013) | 24.7 | - | 26.3 | 28.7 | 32.3 | - | 32.5 | 29.9 | - | - |
| Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015) | 25.6 | 25.0 | 27.8 | 30.9 | 35.0 | 30.0 | 33.1 | 31.0 | 30.5 | - |
| Euro area - 19 countries (from 2015) | 25.6 | 25.0 | 27.8 | 30.9 | 35.0 | 30.0 | 33.1 | 31.0 | 30.5 | - |
| Euro area - 18 countries (2014) | 25.6 | 25.0 | 27.8 | 30.9 | 35.0 | 30.0 | 33.1 | 31.0 | 30.5 | - |
| Belgium | 22.1 | 21.6 | 23.8 | 26.3 | 26.0 | 25.7 | 26.2 | 23.3 | 27.1 | 22.5 |
| Bulgaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Czechia | - | - | - | 26.1 | - | 24.2 | 28.1 | - | 15.7 | 32.9 |
| Denmark | 36.7 | - | - | - | - | 25.7 | 27.2 | 29.7 | 36.0 | 27.9 |
| Germany (until 1990 former territory of the FRG) | 26.0 | 25.1 | 28.7 | 33.5 | 38.7 | 29.6 | 36.2 | 33.3 | 31.6 | - |
| Estonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57.0 | 42.0 | - |
| Ireland | 13.9 | 10.6 | 14.1 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 15.3 | 17.5 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 15.1 |
| Greece | - | - | - | - | 13.3 | 16.3 | 17.9 | 15.7 | 16.5 | 20.3 |
| Spain | 9.6 | 12.0 | 19.9 | 19.2 | 25.0 | 21.3 | 23.1 | 20.6 | 17.5 | 29.9 |
| France | 37.2 | 38.1 | 41.2 | 41.4 | 47.1 | 45.2 | 39.7 | 39.5 | 39.9 | 44.2 |
| Croatia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Italy | 15.8 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 11.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 5.0 | - |
| Cyprus | 17.4 | 17.1 | 18.4 | 22.8 | 19.4 | 17.8 | 23.0 | 26.7 | 23.5 | 25.9 |
| Latvia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lithuania | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Luxembourg | 19.3 | 18.8 | 23.9 | 21.5 | 21.3 | 22.6 | 23.8 | 24.3 | 22.3 | 23.3 |
| Hungary | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malta | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Netherlands | 30.7 | 23.9 | 22.0 | - | 30.4 | 23.9 | 26.7 | 22.6 | 27.0 | 23.2 |
| Austria | 28.8 | 27.8 | 28.9 | 31.2 | 27.0 | 27.8 | 30.5 | 25.2 | 30.2 | 29.3 |
| Poland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Portugal | - | - | - | - | - | 15.8 | 20.0 | 25.4 | 21.5 | 30.6 |
| Romania | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Slovenia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37.3 | 41.5 | - | - |
| Slovakia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Finland | - | - | - | 29.1 | 36.9 | 24.0 | 25.6 | 20.2 | 35.1 | 27.2 |
| Sweden | 23.2 | 37.0 | 31.6 | 36.7 | 35.8 | 29.1 | 22.6 | 29.5 | 34.1 | 24.9 |
| Iceland | - | - | - | 19.8 | 23.6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Norway | 28.5 | 18.3 | 28.9 | 20.7 | 20.1 | 21.8 | 18.8 | 26.9 | 23.0 | 31.2 |
| Switzerland | 28.9 | 29.2 | 27.5 | 31.8 | 29.4 | 33.2 | 31.5 | 31.3 | 29.4 | 29.8 |
| United Kingdom | 18.7 | 20.7 | 19.2 | 15.6 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 26.8 | 24.1 | - | - |
| Montenegro | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| North Macedonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Albania | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Serbia | - | - | - | 33.3 | 31.8 | 27.6 | 45.7 | 30.2 | 41.8 | - |
| Turkey | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kosovo (under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/99) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |