What is the national average of Healthy life expectancy (years free of daily-life limitation, women)?

The simple average across all 47 prefectures is 75.5years (2022), based on MHLW Health Sciences Research — Healthy Life Expectancy (Health Japan 21).

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Healthy life expectancy (years free of daily-life limitation, women)

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Years spent without limitation in daily life. Longer means healthier aging.

Source: MHLW Health Sciences Research — Healthy Life Expectancy (Health Japan 21)

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In 2022, Shizuoka recorded the highest Healthy life expectancy (years free of daily-life limitation, women) (76.7years) and Iwate the lowest (74.3years) among Japan's 47 prefectures. The simple 47-prefecture average is 75.5years. Source: MHLW Health Sciences Research — Healthy Life Expectancy (Health Japan 21).

1ShizuokaChubu76.7years
2YamaguchiChugoku76.4years
3GifuChubu76.2years
4YamanashiChubu76.2years
5MiyazakiKyushu76.1years
6AichiChubu76.1years
7FukuiChubu76.0years
8IshikawaChubu76.0years
8MieKinki76.0years
10OitaKyushu75.9years
11SaitamaKanto75.9years
12ChibaKanto75.9years
13HiroshimaChugoku75.8years
14ShimaneChugoku75.8years
14ShigaKinki75.8years
14KagoshimaKyushu75.8years
17KyotoKinki75.8years
18AkitaTohoku75.7years
18OkayamaChugoku75.7years
20ToyamaChubu75.6years
21SagaKyushu75.6years
22KochiShikoku75.6years
23NaganoChubu75.6years
24GunmaKanto75.5years
25NiigataChubu75.5years
26EhimeShikoku75.4years
27TokyoKanto75.4years
28KagawaShikoku75.4years
28HokkaidoHokkaido75.4years
30TochigiKanto75.4years
31KumamotoKyushu75.3years
32NagasakiKyushu75.3years
33WakayamaKinki75.3years
34YamagataTohoku75.3years
35FukuokaKyushu75.3years
36IbarakiKanto75.1years
37HyogoKinki75.1years
38AomoriTohoku75.0years
39TottoriChugoku75.0years
40OsakaKinki75.0years
41TokushimaShikoku74.8years
42NaraKinki74.8years
43MiyagiTohoku74.7years
43FukushimaTohoku74.7years
45KanagawaKanto74.7years
46OkinawaOkinawa74.3years
47IwateTohoku74.3years

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Healthy life expectancy (women)As of 2022Official latest

Years spent without limitation in daily life. Longer means healthier aging.

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1Shizuoka
76.7years
2Yamaguchi
76.4years
3Gifu
76.2years
4Yamanashi
76.2years
5Miyazaki
76.1years
6Aichi
76.1years
7Fukui
76.0years
8Ishikawa
76.0years
9Mie
76.0years
10Oita
75.9years
11Saitama
75.9years
12Chiba
75.9years
13Hiroshima
75.8years
14Kagoshima
75.8years
15Shiga
75.8years
16Shimane
75.8years
17Kyoto
75.8years
18Okayama
75.7years
19Akita
75.7years
20Toyama
75.6years

FAQ — Healthy life expectancy (years free of daily-life limitation, women)

Which prefecture has the highest Healthy life expectancy (years free of daily-life limitation, women) in Japan?: As of 2022, Shizuoka has the highest Healthy life expectancy (years free of daily-life limitation, women) at 76.7years among all 47 prefectures.
Which prefecture has the lowest Healthy life expectancy (years free of daily-life limitation, women)?: Iwate has the lowest Healthy life expectancy (years free of daily-life limitation, women) at 74.3years (2022).
What is the national average of Healthy life expectancy (years free of daily-life limitation, women)?: The simple average across all 47 prefectures is 75.5years (2022), based on MHLW Health Sciences Research — Healthy Life Expectancy (Health Japan 21).

▲ The top 5 prefectures are tinted sky, ▼ the bottom 5 amber — just enough colour to follow the two ends of the “desirable direction.”

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Time machine2010–2022

Healthy life expectancy (women)As of 2022Official latest

FAQ — Healthy life expectancy (years free of daily-life limitation, women)

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