Health & care
Part II — life in the Netherlands
What it shows
How long and how healthily people live, and whether the system prevents preventable deaths. Life expectancy from 1950, healthy life expectancy from 1981 — the two cleanest 40-year anchors in Part II.
What it cannot prove
The healthcare system's isolated contribution vs income, lifestyle and pharmaceuticals. Waiting times cannot answer "worse than 20 years ago" (mandatory data only since 2021; GGZ gap until ~2027).
I1Life expectancy
82.1yrs
→1y +0.2 · 5y +0.7 · 10y +0.6
ACBSsince 1950 · as of 2025
I2Healthy life expectancy
62.8yrs
→1y -0.5 · 5y -1.2 · 10y —
ACBSsince 1981 · as of 2024
I3Avoidable mortality
183/100k
→1y -9 · 5y -10 · 10y -27
BEurostatsince 2011 · as of 2023
More indicators for this domain are planned — see the methodology & roadmap. Missing here means not credible yet, not forgotten.