Life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy at birth, for both sexes combined, in 2006 and 2016 for countries in North America, Western Europe and Australasia with a high sociodemographic index
| Country | Life expectancy at birth, yr | Health-adjusted life expectancy at birth, yr | Proportion of life in unhealthy state | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2016 | % change, 06 to 16 | 2006 | 2016 | % change, 06 to 16 | |||||||
| Estimate (95% UI) | 2006 rank | Estimate (95% UI) | 2016 rank | Estimate (95% UI) | 2006 rank | Estimate (95% UI) | 2016 rank | 2016 estimate, % | 2016 rank | |||
| Andorra | 83 (81–84) | 1 | 83 (81–84) | 2 | –0 | 71 (68–74) | 1 | 71 (68–74) | 7 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| Australia | 81 (81–82) | 4 | 83 (82–83) | 2 | 2 | 71 (67–73) | 4 | 72 (68–74) | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 |
| Austria | 80 (80–80) | 12 | 82 (81–82) | 13 | 2 | 70 (67–72) | 12 | 71 (68–74) | 10 | 2 | 13 | 6 |
| Belgium | 79 (79–80) | 17 | 81 (80–82) | 18 | 2 | 69 (66–72) | 18 | 70 (67–73) | 19 | 2 | 13 | 13 |
| Canada | 81 (80–81) | 8 | 82 (82–82) | 10 | 2 | 70 (67–73) | 6 | 71 (68–74) | 7 | 1 | 13 | 7 |
| Denmark | 78 (78–79) | 21 | 81 (80–82) | 21 | 3 | 68 (65–71) | 21 | 70 (67–73) | 21 | 3 | 14 | 16 |
| Finland | 79 (79–79) | 20 | 82 (81–82) | 11 | 3 | 68 (65–71) | 20 | 71 (67–74) | 16 | 3 | 14 | 21 |
| France | 81 (80–81) | 7 | 82 (82–83) | 4 | 2 | 70 (67–73) | 5 | 72 (69–75) | 3 | 2 | 13 | 3 |
| Germany | 80 (79–80) | 15 | 81 (80–82) | 18 | 2 | 69 (66–72) | 16 | 70 (67–73) | 18 | 2 | 13 | 11 |
| Greece | 80 (80–80) | 12 | 81 (80–82) | 17 | 1 | 70 (67–72) | 10 | 71 (68–73) | 15 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| Iceland | 81 (81–82) | 3 | 82 (82–83) | 4 | 1 | 71 (68–73) | 2 | 72 (68–74) | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 |
| Ireland | 79 (79–80) | 19 | 81 (80–82) | 16 | 2 | 69 (66–72) | 17 | 70 (67–73) | 17 | 2 | 13 | 10 |
| Italy | 81 (81–81) | 5 | 82 (82–83) | 4 | 2 | 71 (68–73) | 2 | 72 (69–75) | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 80 (80–81) | 9 | 82 (81–83) | 7 | 2 | 70 (66–72) | 13 | 71 (68–74) | 9 | 2 | 14 | 17 |
| Malta | 80 (79–80) | 15 | 81 (80–83) | 15 | 2 | 69 (67–72) | 14 | 71 (68–74) | 10 | 2 | 13 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 80 (80–80) | 12 | 82 (81–82) | 12 | 2 | 69 (66–72) | 15 | 71 (68–74) | 14 | 2 | 13 | 14 |
| New Zealand | 80 (80–80) | 11 | 82 (81–82) | 13 | 2 | 70 (67–72) | 10 | 71 (68–74) | 13 | 2 | 13 | 9 |
| Norway | 80 (80–81) | 9 | 82 (81–83) | 7 | 2 | 70 (67–73) | 8 | 72 (69–74) | 4 | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| Sweden | 81 (81–81) | 6 | 82 (81–83) | 9 | 2 | 70 (67–73) | 9 | 71 (68–74) | 10 | 1 | 14 | 18 |
| Switzerland | 82 (81–82) | 2 | 83 (81–85) | 1 | 2 | 70 (67–73) | 6 | 72 (68–75) | 1 | 2 | 14 | 19 |
| United Kingdom | 79 (79–80) | 17 | 81 (81–81) | 18 | 2 | 69 (66–72) | 18 | 70 (67–73) | 20 | 2 | 14 | 15 |
| United States | 78 (78–78) | 22 | 79 (79–79) | 22 | 1 | 67 (64–70) | 22 | 68 (65–71) | 22 | 1 | 14 | 22 |
| Japan* | 82 (82–82) | NA | 84 (84–84) | NA | NA | 72 (69–75) | NA | 71 (68–74) | NA | NA | 15 | NA |
Note: NA = not applicable, UI = uncertainty interval.
↵* Japan, which is grouped with high-income Asia Pacific countries in the Global Burden of Disease Study, was added here as a benchmark, to highlight one of the leading countries in terms of life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy.