Indicator comparison
Range of Life expectancy at birth: 1960–2024. Range of Healthy life years: 2004–2024.
Life expectancy and healthy life years. World Bank and Eurostat.
Do not subtract Healthy life years from Life expectancy at birth into a new series. The gap stays in the citation.
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Life expectancy at birth in years. In Poland it increased from around 68 to 78 years, although the pandemic temporarily interrupted that rise.
Healthy life years expected at birth according to Eurostat. Complements standard life expectancy statistics Life expectancy at birth.
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Life expectancy at birth in years. In Poland it increased from around 68 to 78 years, although the pandemic temporarily interrupted that rise.
Life expectancy at birth, years, 1960–.
Period life table measuring life expectancy at birth, not the age at death of people currently alive. Infant and child mortality pull the average — see Infant mortality and Under-5 mortality.
Life expectancy at birth in Poland increased from roughly 68 to 78.4 years, and globally from 51 to 73 years. Germany stands at around 81 years and the US near 79 years. The pandemic temporarily interrupted this upward trend. Healthcare spending is tracked in Health expenditure.
Longseries, “Life expectancy at birth”. World Bank Open Data (SP.DYN.LE00.IN), 1960–2024, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data SHA-256: e1bc887ec62733a6159371904520e816a92a4105edc84b1d4e6a136c4ef0ed1f. https://longseries.com/en/d/life-expectancy/Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2024: highest — Sweden; lowest — India
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| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↑Highest value in the comparable yearmaxSweden | 2024 | 84.1 years84.1 years↑+0.8 years (+0.9%) |
| Japan | 2024 | 84 years84 years→0 years (0.0%) |
| Italy | 2024 | 84 years84 years↑+0.6 years (+0.7%) |
| Spain | 2024 | 83.9 years83.9 years→0 years (−0.1%) |
| France | 2024 | 83 years83 years↑+0.1 years (+0.2%) |
| Netherlands | 2024 | 82 years82 years↑+0.1 years (+0.1%) |
| United Kingdom | 2024 | 81.4 years81.4 years↑+0.1 years (+0.2%) |
| Germany | 2024 | 80.8 years80.8 years↓−0.2 years (−0.3%) |
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
65 rows for Poland
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Poland
67.7→78.4
Poland: 67.7 (1960) → 78.4 (2024). Difference: +10.7 years. Peak value of 78.4 in 2024; lowest value of 67.4 in 1962.
| Year | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Poland | 78.4 years |
| 2023 | Poland | 78.3 years |
| 2022 | Poland | 77.2 years |
| 2021 | Poland | 75.4 years |
| 2020 | Poland | 76.4 years |
| 2019 | Poland | 77.9 years |
| 2018 | Poland | 77.6 years |
| 2017 | Poland | 77.8 years |
| 2016 | Poland | 77.9 years |
| 2015 | Poland | 77.5 years |
| 2014 | Poland | 77.6 years |
| 2013 | Poland | 77 years |
| 2012 | Poland | 76.7 years |
| 2011 | Poland | 76.7 years |
| 2010 | Poland | 76.2 years |
| 2009 | Poland | 75.7 years |
| 2008 | Poland | 75.5 years |
| 2007 | Poland | 75.2 years |
| 2006 | Poland | 75.1 years |
| 2005 | Poland | 75 years |
Healthy life years expected at birth according to Eurostat. Complements standard life expectancy statistics Life expectancy at birth.
Healthy life years at birth, both sexes. Eurostat.
Healthy life years (HLY) at birth from Eurostat, combining mortality and self-reported disability.
Living long is not living well. Pair: Life expectancy at birth. Do not subtract them into a new series.
Longseries, “Healthy life years”. Eurostat (hlth_hlye), 2004–2024, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden. Retrieved 2026-09-15. Eurostat reuse policy. Data SHA-256: 2e6270bf5d15e1f0293d76d551a5eaca30c0bba3fa3bc0779f463ddf17192e99. https://longseries.com/en/d/eu-healthy-life/Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2024: highest — Italy; lowest — Latvia
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| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↑Highest value in the comparable yearmaxItaly | 2024 | 73.4 years73.4 years↑+4.3 years (+6.2%) |
| Malta | 2024 | 70.6 years70.6 years↓−0.8 years (−1.1%) |
| Greece | 2024 | 69.9 years69.9 years↑+3.3 years (+5.0%) |
| Bulgaria | 2024 | 69.1 years69.1 years↑+0.5 years (+0.7%) |
| Spain | 2024 | 68.6 years68.6 years↑+6.5 years (+10.5%) |
| Sweden | 2024 | 67.5 years67.5 years↑+1.3 years (+2.0%) |
| Slovenia | 2024 | 67.5 years67.5 years↑+0.9 years (+1.4%) |
| Ireland | 2024 | 66.9 years66.9 years↑+0.8 years (+1.2%) |
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
20 rows for Poland
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Poland
64.0→64.7
Poland: 64.0 (2005) → 64.7 (2024). Difference: +0.7 years. Peak value of 64.7 in 2024; lowest value of 59.5 in 2007.
| Year | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Poland | 64.7 years |
| 2023 | Poland | 63.1 years |
| 2022 | Poland | 62.4 years |
| 2021 | Poland | 62.6 years |
| 2020 | Poland | 62.3 years |
| 2019 | Poland | 62.5 years |
| 2018 | Poland | 62.4 years |
| 2017 | Poland | 62 years |
| 2016 | Poland | 62.9 years |
| 2015 | Poland | 61.6 years |
| 2014 | Poland | 61.3 years |
| 2013 | Poland | 61 years |
| 2012 | Poland | 61 years |
| 2011 | Poland | 61.1 years |
| 2010 | Poland | 60.4 years |
| 2009 | Poland | 60.4 years |
| 2008 | Poland | 60.8 years |
| 2007 | Poland | 59.5 years |
| 2006 | Poland | 60.6 years |
| 2005 | Poland | 64 years |