Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — France

Healthy life expectancy in France in 2021 — 70.1 years. Ranked 15 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.1%.

2021 70.1 years +0% vs 2020
World rank 15of 185
Period maximum 70.7 years2019
Period minimum 68 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — France, 2000–20216768697071200020032006200920122015201820212000: 68 years2001: 68 years2002: 68.1 years2003: 68.1 years2004: 68.7 years2005: 68.8 years2006: 69.1 years2007: 69.3 years2008: 69.4 years2009: 69.6 years2010: 69.7 years2011: 70 years2012: 70 years2013: 70.2 years2014: 70.5 years2015: 70.2 years2016: 70.4 years2017: 70.5 years2018: 70.6 years2019: 70.7 years2020: 70.1 years2021: 70.1 years
Change over the period: +2.1 (+3.1%) Average annual rate: 0.15 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: France

France 70.1 years
World computed 62.2 years
Europe & Central Asia computed 66.2 years
Western Europe computed 69.6 years
High-income countries computed 67.3 years
Healthy life expectancy — France, by year France All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 70.1 +0 +0%
2020 70.1 −0.6 −0.9%
2019 70.7 +0.1 +0.16%
2018 70.6 +0.1 +0.14%
2017 70.5 +0.1 +0.14%
2016 70.4 +0.2 +0.24%
2015 70.2 −0.3 −0.41%
2014 70.5 +0.3 +0.46%
2013 70.2 +0.2 +0.28%
2012 70 +0 +0.05%
2011 70 +0.3 +0.38%
2010 69.7 +0.1 +0.21%
2009 69.6 +0.1 +0.2%
2008 69.4 +0.1 +0.12%
2007 69.3 +0.2 +0.31%
2006 69.1 +0.4 +0.53%
2005 68.8 +0 +0.01%
2004 68.7 +0.6 +0.92%
2003 68.1 −0 −0.03%
2002 68.1 +0.1 +0.15%
2001 68 +0.1 +0.09%
2000 68

Western Europe, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The expected number of years of life in full health at birth — the HALE indicator in WHO terminology. Years spent with illness or limitation enter the calculation with a reduced weight depending on the severity of the condition, so HALE is always lower than ordinary life expectancy. The difference between them is the expected time of life with health lost: in most countries it is about ten years, and as life expectancy grows the difference grows too rather than shrinking.

Important: This series is not in the World Development Indicators — only at WHO. The severity weights of conditions are taken as common to all countries, so the differences reflect the prevalence of diseases and not how a country regards disability.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.