Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Poland

Healthy life expectancy in Poland in 2021 — 65.5 years. Ranked 49 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.1%.

2021 65.5 years −1.39% vs 2020
World rank 49of 185
Period maximum 67.6 years2019
Period minimum 64.2 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Poland, 2000–20216465666768200020032006200920122015201820212000: 64.2 years2001: 64.5 years2002: 64.8 years2003: 64.9 years2004: 65.1 years2005: 65.2 years2006: 65.4 years2007: 65.4 years2008: 65.7 years2009: 65.9 years2010: 66.3 years2011: 66.6 years2012: 66.7 years2013: 66.9 years2014: 67.4 years2015: 67.3 years2016: 67.5 years2017: 67.5 years2018: 67.4 years2019: 67.6 years2020: 66.4 years2021: 65.5 years
Change over the period: +1.4 (+2.1%) Average annual rate: 0.1 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Poland 65.5 years
World computed 62.2 years
Europe & Central Asia computed 66.2 years
Eastern Europe computed 62.3 years
High-income countries computed 67.3 years
Healthy life expectancy — Poland, by year Poland All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 65.5 −0.9 −1.39%
2020 66.4 −1.1 −1.65%
2019 67.6 +0.1 +0.18%
2018 67.4 −0 −0.04%
2017 67.5 −0.1 −0.11%
2016 67.5 +0.3 +0.42%
2015 67.3 −0.1 −0.16%
2014 67.4 +0.5 +0.72%
2013 66.9 +0.2 +0.33%
2012 66.7 +0.1 +0.14%
2011 66.6 +0.3 +0.39%
2010 66.3 +0.5 +0.7%
2009 65.9 +0.2 +0.29%
2008 65.7 +0.2 +0.34%
2007 65.4 +0.1 +0.11%
2006 65.4 +0.2 +0.28%
2005 65.2 +0.1 +0.18%
2004 65.1 +0.2 +0.27%
2003 64.9 +0.1 +0.18%
2002 64.8 +0.3 +0.44%
2001 64.5 +0.3 +0.51%
2000 64.2

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.