Health > Life expectancy > Healthy years: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Estimated number of years of life while healthy, as defined by the OECD. Estimates for 2001. See source for details.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Japan	73.6 years	2001
2	Switzerland	72.8 years	2001
3	Sweden	71.8 years	2001
4	Australia	71.6 years	2001
5	France	71.3 years	2001
6	Iceland	71.1 years	2001
=7	Austria	71 years	2001
=7	Italy	71 years	2001
9	Spain	70.9 years	2001
10	Norway	70.8 years	2001
11	Luxembourg	70.6 years	2001
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	70.46 years	2001
12	Greece	70.4 years	2001
13	New Zealand	70.3 years	2001
14	Germany	70.2 years	2001
=15	Finland	70.1 years	2001
=15	Denmark	70.1 years	2001
=17	Canada	69.9 years	2001
=17	Netherlands	69.9 years	2001
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	69.81 years	2001
19	Belgium	69.7 years	2001
20	United Kingdom	69.6 years	2001
21	Ireland	69 years	2001
22	United States	67.6 years	2001
23	Portugal	66.8 years	2001
24	Czech Republic	66.6 years	2001
25	Poland	64.3 years	2001
26	Slovakia	64.1 years	2001
27	Mexico	63.8 years	2001
28	Hungary	61.8 years	2001
29	Turkey	59.8 years	2001

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Japan ranked first for life expectancy > healthy years amongst High income OECD countries in 2001.
United States ranked last for life expectancy > healthy years amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2001.
France ranked first for life expectancy > healthy years amongst NATO countries in 2001.
Sweden ranked first for life expectancy > healthy years amongst European Union in 2001.
11 of the top 12 countries by life expectancy > healthy years are Christian.
21 of the bottom 25 countries by life expectancy > healthy years are European.
Turkey ranked last for life expectancy > healthy years amongst Non-religious countries in 2001.
Italy ranked third for life expectancy > healthy years amongst Eurozone in 2001.
Australia ranked first for life expectancy > healthy years amongst English speaking countries in 2001.
Switzerland ranked first for life expectancy > healthy years amongst Cold countries in 2001.

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