Gap Between Average and Healthy Life Expectancy of Singapore Residents and Trends over Past 10 Years

Mr Jackson Lam asked the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health (a) what is the current gap between the average life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of Singapore residents; and (b) how this gap has changed over the past 10 years.

Estimates for life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy for Singapore's total population1 from the Global Burden of Disease 2023 Study are in the table below. The difference between life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy has increased from 10.6 years in 2014 to 11.2 years in 20232. The OECD average is 12.6 years for 2023.