Region of England · E12000007

Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in London

Name: Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in London
Creator: Lifemap
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Life expectancy at birth in London is 80.5 years for men and 84.7 for women; healthy life expectancy, the years lived in good general health, is 62.9 and 62.9 years (ONS, 2022–2024). Life expectancy is above England’s for both men (by 1.0 years) and women (by 1.4 years), a difference larger than the margins of error. Healthy life expectancy is above England’s for both men (by 2.0 years) and women (by 1.6 years), a difference larger than the margins of error.

At a glance Average of men and women, in years

Healthy life expectancy 62.9
Years in poorer health 19.7
Life expectancy 82.6
England: 61.1 healthy, 81.4 in total

Dataset version: 26 September 2026
Data period: 2022–2024
Source: ONS
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

§ 01 · Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy: above England’s for both men and women

ONS period life expectancy at birth for 2022–2024: the average number of years a baby born in London would live if the death rates of those three years applied throughout life. It describes the population, not any one person. Definition and source.

Men

80.5 years

95% CI 80.4–80.5

Above England (79.5)

Women

84.7 years

95% CI 84.6–84.8

Above England (83.3)

Average of men and women

82.6 years

England 81.4

Lifemap’s average of the two published figures. No interval is calculated for it, so it is not compared.

“Above” or “below” means the two 95% confidence intervals do not overlap; “similar to” means they do. England: men 79.5 (95% CI 79.4–79.5), women 83.3 (95% CI 83.3–83.4). How Lifemap compares figures.

§ 02 · Healthy life expectancy at birth

Healthy life expectancy: above England’s for both men and women

ONS healthy life expectancy at birth for 2022–2024: of the years in life expectancy, the number a baby born in London would live in good general health, based on how people rate their own health in a survey. Because it rests on a survey sample, its intervals are wider than those for life expectancy. Definition and source.

Men

62.9 years

95% CI 62.1–63.7

Above England (60.9)

Women

62.9 years

95% CI 62.0–63.9

Above England (61.3)

Average of men and women

62.9 years

England 61.1

Lifemap’s average of the two published figures. No interval is calculated for it, so it is not compared.

Comparisons work as for life expectancy above. England: men 60.9 (95% CI 60.7–61.2), women 61.3 (95% CI 61.0–61.6). How Lifemap compares figures.

Average of men and women

London, year by year

62.9 years of healthy life expectancy and 19.7 in poorer health, 82.6 in total. One square per year, rounded to whole years.

Healthy life expectancy Years in poorer health Up to age 100

Years in poorer health

Life expectancy minus healthy life expectancy: Lifemap’s arithmetic on the ONS figures, which ONS does not publish itself. Definition · Ranking of councils.

Men

17.6 years

England 18.6

Women

21.8 years

England 22.0

Average of men and women

19.7 years

England 20.3

§ 03 · Trends

How the figures have changed

ONS figures for London for each three-year period, with the 95% confidence interval shaded. Consecutive periods share two of their three years, so the change from one period to the next is small: 37 of the 64 period-to-period changes shown here are within the confidence intervals. Compare periods several years apart, and check whether their intervals overlap. Reading trends.

Life expectancy at birth (years), 2001–2003 to 2022–2024

Men
Women
95% confidence interval

Men: rose from 76.0 in 2001–2003 to 80.5 in 2022–2024, a change larger than the margins of error. Women: rose from 80.8 in 2001–2003 to 84.7 in 2022–2024, a change larger than the margins of error.

Life expectancy at birth: figures for each period

Life expectancy at birth (years) with 95% confidence intervals
Period	Men	95% CI	Women	95% CI
2022–2024	80.5	80.4–80.5	84.7	84.6–84.8
2021–2023	79.8	79.7–79.9	84.1	84.1–84.2
2020–2022	79.1	79.0–79.2	83.6	83.6–83.7
2019–2021	79.2	79.1–79.3	83.7	83.6–83.8
2018–2020	79.7	79.6–79.7	84.0	83.9–84.0
2017–2019	80.4	80.3–80.5	84.4	84.3–84.4
2016–2018	80.3	80.2–80.3	84.2	84.2–84.3
2015–2017	80.1	80.0–80.2	84.1	84.0–84.2
2014–2016	80.1	80.0–80.2	84.0	84.0–84.1
2013–2015	80.0	80.0–80.1	83.9	83.9–84.0
2012–2014	80.0	80.0–80.1	83.9	83.9–84.0
2011–2013	79.8	79.7–79.9	83.8	83.8–83.9
2010–2012	79.5	79.4–79.6	83.6	83.5–83.6
2009–2011	79.2	79.1–79.2	83.4	83.3–83.4
2008–2010	78.7	78.6–78.8	82.9	82.8–83.0
2007–2009	78.3	78.2–78.4	82.7	82.6–82.8
2006–2008	77.9	77.9–78.0	82.4	82.3–82.5
2005–2007	77.6	77.5–77.7	82.2	82.1–82.3
2004–2006	77.3	77.2–77.3	81.8	81.8–81.9
2003–2005	76.8	76.7–76.9	81.3	81.3–81.4
2002–2004	76.4	76.3–76.5	81.0	81.0–81.1
2001–2003	76.0	75.9–76.0	80.8	80.7–80.9

Healthy life expectancy at birth (years), 2011–2013 to 2022–2024

Men
Women
95% confidence interval

Men: 63.5 in 2011–2013 and 62.9 in 2022–2024; the intervals overlap, so this is not clear evidence of a change. Women: 63.7 in 2011–2013 and 62.9 in 2022–2024; the intervals overlap, so this is not clear evidence of a change.

Healthy life expectancy at birth: figures for each period

Healthy life expectancy at birth (years) with 95% confidence intervals
Period	Men	95% CI	Women	95% CI
2022–2024	62.9	62.1–63.7	62.9	62.0–63.9
2021–2023	63.9	63.1–64.6	64.0	63.1–64.8
2020–2022	64.0	63.4–64.7	64.2	63.5–65.0
2019–2021	63.8	63.2–64.5	64.8	64.1–65.6
2018–2020	63.5	62.9–64.1	64.8	64.1–65.5
2017–2019	63.7	63.1–64.3	64.0	63.4–64.7
2016–2018	64.2	63.6–64.8	64.3	63.7–64.9
2015–2017	64.0	63.4–64.6	64.4	63.8–65.0
2014–2016	63.7	63.1–64.2	64.5	63.9–65.1
2013–2015	64.1	63.5–64.6	64.3	63.7–64.9
2012–2014	63.9	63.4–64.4	64.0	63.4–64.6
2011–2013	63.5	62.9–64.0	63.7	63.2–64.3

§ 04 · At age 65

Years of life, and of good health, from age 65

At 2022–2024 rates, men reaching 65 in London could expect, on average, a further 19.4 years of life, 10.1 of them in good health; for women the figures are 22.2 and 10.5 years. These are averages for everyone of that age, at the death rates and health of 2022–2024.

Life expectancy at 65, men

19.4 years

England 18.9

Life expectancy at 65, women

22.2 years

England 21.4

Healthy life expectancy at 65, men

10.1 years

England 10.1

Healthy life expectancy at 65, women

10.5 years

England 11.1

ONS, 2022–2024. Lifemap’s dataset holds no confidence intervals for the figures at 65, so they are shown without comparison. Definitions and sources.

§ 05 · Lowest and highest

Lowest and highest councils in London

The councils with the lowest and highest published estimates, for men and women, in 2022–2024. Councils near either end are often within each other’s confidence intervals.

Lowest and highest council figures in London, years, 2022–2024
Measure	Lowest	Highest	Councils
Life expectancy, men	78.3 Barking and Dagenham Hackney	82.7 Richmond upon Thames	32
Life expectancy, women	81.7 Barking and Dagenham	87.1 Kensington and Chelsea	32
Healthy life expectancy, men	58.3 Haringey Lewisham	69.3 Richmond upon Thames	32
Healthy life expectancy, women	57.5 Greenwich	70.3 Richmond upon Thames	32

§ 06 · Councils

Councils in London

The region has 32 London boroughs and no district councils. Figures in years, 2022–2024. Each council’s page has the 95% confidence intervals, comparisons with England and the council’s rank.

Upper-tier councils in London: life expectancy and healthy life expectancy at birth, men and women, and years in poorer health, 2022–2024
Council	Type	Life expectancy, Men	Life expectancy, Women	Healthy life expectancy, Men	Healthy life expectancy, Women	Years in poorer health, Average of men and women
		Life expectancy		Healthy life expectancy		Years in poorer health
Barking and Dagenham	London borough	78.3	81.7	59.6	59.0	20.7
Barnet	London borough	82.5	85.9	62.7	61.7	22.0
Bexley	London borough	80.3	83.5	61.9	61.1	20.4
Brent	London borough	80.0	85.5	64.5	65.2	17.9
Bromley	London borough	81.9	85.7	67.5	67.7	16.2
Camden	London borough	80.7	85.9	59.8	59.4	23.7
Croydon	London borough	79.9	84.3	66.7	67.5	15.0
Ealing	London borough	80.6	85.4	62.6	62.8	20.3
Enfield	London borough	81.2	85.1	61.1	60.8	22.2
Greenwich	London borough	79.4	82.9	58.5	57.5	23.2
Hackney	London borough	78.3	82.9	59.3	58.9	21.5
Hammersmith and Fulham	London borough	80.0	84.6	66.2	67.1	15.6
Haringey	London borough	80.0	85.5	58.3	58.2	24.5
Harrow	London borough	81.9	85.8	62.9	62.7	21.1
Havering	London borough	80.5	84.0	63.8	63.3	18.7
Hillingdon	London borough	80.0	84.5	64.4	64.7	17.7
Hounslow	London borough	80.3	84.7	59.6	59.4	23.0
Islington	London borough	78.7	83.7	60.5	60.5	20.7
Kensington and Chelsea	London borough	82.2	87.1	66.5	66.8	18.0
Kingston upon Thames	London borough	82.0	85.4	66.9	67.0	16.7
Lambeth	London borough	78.9	83.8	63.7	64.6	17.2
Lewisham	London borough	78.9	83.6	58.3	58.1	23.1
Merton	London borough	80.9	85.0	62.4	61.9	20.8
Newham	London borough	79.2	83.6	62.8	63.1	18.4
Redbridge	London borough	80.9	85.0	63.5	63.3	19.6
Richmond upon Thames	London borough	82.7	86.8	69.3	70.3	15.0
Southwark	London borough	79.4	83.7	62.6	62.7	18.9
Sutton	London borough	80.9	84.5	68.3	68.7	14.2
Tower Hamlets	London borough	78.7	82.9	59.5	59.2	21.4
Waltham Forest	London borough	79.8	84.0	64.4	64.5	17.4
Wandsworth	London borough	80.6	85.1	63.8	63.8	19.1
Westminster	London borough	81.9	86.4	60.5	59.8	24.0

ONS’s annual life expectancy and healthy life expectancy estimates give no separate figures for the City of London: its resident population is too small for reliable estimates.

§ 07 · More

England’s other regions

North Eastmen 77.7 · women 81.6
North Westmen 77.9 · women 81.9
Yorkshire and The Humbermen 78.3 · women 82.3
East Midlandsmen 79.0 · women 82.8
West Midlandsmen 78.7 · women 82.8
East of Englandmen 80.3 · women 84.0
South Eastmen 80.7 · women 84.4
South Westmen 80.3 · women 84.1

Life expectancy at birth, years, 2022–2024. England · United Kingdom · Rankings · Download the data. Lifestyle figures (smoking, weight, activity, diet and drinking) are on each council’s page; Lifemap’s dataset has none for regions.