South Korea

Healthy working life expectancy at 50 averaged 11 years across 28 countries

In a 28-country cohort of 175,318 adults aged 50 and over, healthy working life expectancy at 50 was 10.98 years, 9.82 for women and 12.36 for men, with stroke associated with a 5.49-year reduction and higher health spending, governance quality and flexible work arrangements with longer spans.