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.

Mr Ong Ye Kung: Estimates for life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy for Singapore's total population 1 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 2023 2 . The OECD average is 12.6 years for 2023.

Note(s) to Question No(s) 21:

1 Estimates for Singapore resident population are not available.

2 Values in the table are rounded to the nearest one decimal place. LE−HALE values are calculated using unrounded estimates and may not correspond exactly to the displayed LE and HALE values due to rounding.