In 2025, 89.7% of young people aged 16 to 29 in the European Union perceived their health as good or very good. This was far higher than the share in the total population aged 16 and over, at 67.9%.
This share has stayed largely stable over time, with only a small decline since 2021 from 91.1% to 89.7%, according to updated Eurostat data published on October 26th.
In 2025, a slightly higher share of young men aged 16 to 29 reported good or very good health compared with young women in the same age group, at 90.9% and 88.4%, respectively.
The data also show a clear link between higher income and better self-perceived health. In the EU in 2025, 85.6% of young people aged 16-29 living in households with the lowest income (first income quintile) rated their health as good or very good, compared with 93.7% of those in households with the highest income (fifth income quintile).
As regards Latvia, young Latvians do think of themselves as healthy in general, though not as healthy as their counterparts in most other EU member states.
85.3% of young Latvians aged 16 to 29 say they are healthy. This is less than the equivalent figure for Lithuanians (87.3%) but very slightly more than for Estonians (85.0%).
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