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Living and living well

Life expectancy and healthy life years. 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

Years at birth. Poland ~68→78; covid paused the rise.

The file

Life expectancy at birth, years, 1960–.

The indicator

SP.DYN.LE00.IN is a period life table, not the age at death of people now alive. Child deaths pull the average — see Infant mortality and Under-5 mortality.

What the numbers show

Poland ~68 → 78.4 years; world 51 → 73. Germany ~81, the US ~79. Covid paused the rise. Spending: 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. https://longseries.com/en/d/life-expectancy/

Latest values

Sorted by the latest published value. The rest of the file is under the fold.

15 places — sorted by latest value
CountryYearValue
Sweden202484.1
Japan202484.0
Italy202484.0
Spain202483.9
France202483.0
Netherlands202482.0
United Kingdom202481.4
Germany202480.8
The rest of the places (7)
Remaining 7 places
Czechia202480.0
United States202478.9
Poland202478.4
China202478.0
Brazil202476.0
World202473.5
India202472.2

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66.369.672.976.279.5196019812003202478.4
Poland

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We compute from the published level in the selected years. Nothing is invented — CAGR and Δ are functions of those rows.

Poland

Life expectancy at birth

67.7→78.4

Change
+10.7 pts
Years
1960–2024

Poland: 67.7 (1960) → 78.4 (2024). Difference +10.7 pts. Highest 78.4 in 2024; lowest 67.4 in 1962.

Life expectancy at birth — Poland
YearCountryValue
2024Poland78.4
2023Poland78.3
2022Poland77.2
2021Poland75.4
2020Poland76.4
2019Poland77.9
2018Poland77.6
2017Poland77.8
2016Poland77.9
2015Poland77.5
2014Poland77.6
2013Poland77.0
2012Poland76.7
2011Poland76.7
2010Poland76.2
2009Poland75.7
2008Poland75.5
2007Poland75.2
2006Poland75.1
2005Poland75.0
2004Poland74.8
2003Poland74.6
2002Poland74.5
2001Poland74.2
2000Poland73.7
1999Poland73.0
1998Poland73.0
1997Poland72.6
1996Poland72.2
1995Poland71.9
1994Poland71.7
1993Poland71.6
1992Poland71.1
1991Poland70.6
1990Poland70.9
1989Poland71.0
1988Poland71.3
1987Poland70.9
1986Poland70.8
1985Poland70.5
1984Poland70.8
1983Poland71.0
1982Poland71.1
1981Poland71.1
1980Poland70.1
1979Poland70.8
1978Poland70.4
1977Poland70.4
1976Poland70.7
1975Poland70.6
1974Poland71.1
1973Poland70.7
1972Poland70.7
1971Poland69.6
1970Poland69.9
1969Poland69.7
1968Poland70.2
1967Poland69.4
1966Poland69.8
1965Poland69.4
1964Poland68.6
1963Poland68.4
1962Poland67.4
1961Poland67.8
1960Poland67.7

Healthy life years

Expected years in good health at birth. Eurostat. Pair: [life-expectancy].

The file

Healthy life years at birth, both sexes. Eurostat.

The indicator

hlth_hlye, unit YR, sex T, hlth_hle HLY_Y0. Mortality plus activity limitation.

What the numbers show

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. https://longseries.com/en/d/eu-healthy-life/

Latest values

Sorted by the latest published value. The rest of the file is under the fold.

32 places — sorted by latest value
CountryYearValue
Italy202473.4
Malta202470.6
Greece202469.9
Bulgaria202469.1
Spain202468.6
Sweden202467.5
Slovenia202467.5
Ireland202466.9
The rest of the places (24)
Remaining 24 places
European Union202465.2
Romania202465.0
Norway202464.8
Portugal202464.8
Poland202464.7
Lithuania202464.3
Belgium202463.9
Cyprus202463.9
France202463.6
Hungary202463.3
Croatia202463.1
Germany202462.4
Czechia202462.4
Denmark202462.4
Iceland201862.4
United Kingdom201861.2
Austria202460.4
Luxembourg202260.2
Netherlands202459.5
Estonia202458.6
Switzerland202458.0
Finland202457.3
Slovakia202457.1
Latvia202452.5

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59.060.562.163.765.2200520112018202464.7
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Poland

Healthy life years

64.0→64.7

Change
+0.7 pts
Years
2005–2024

Poland: 64.0 (2005) → 64.7 (2024). Difference +0.7 pts. Highest 64.7 in 2024; lowest 59.5 in 2007.

Healthy life years — Poland
YearCountryValue
2024Poland64.7
2023Poland63.1
2022Poland62.4
2021Poland62.6
2020Poland62.3
2019Poland62.5
2018Poland62.4
2017Poland62.0
2016Poland62.9
2015Poland61.6
2014Poland61.3
2013Poland61.0
2012Poland61.0
2011Poland61.1
2010Poland60.4
2009Poland60.4
2008Poland60.8
2007Poland59.5
2006Poland60.6
2005Poland64.0