https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_of_life
United States
The following estimates have been applied to the value of life. The estimates are either for one year of additional life or for the statistical value of a single life.
- $50,000 per year of quality life (the "dialysis standard",[39] which had been a de facto international standard most private and government-run health insurance plans worldwide use to determine whether to cover a new medical procedure)[40]
- $129,000 per year of quality life (an update to the "dialysis standard")[41][40]
- $7.5 million (Federal Emergency Management Agency, Jul. 2020)[5]
- $9.1 million (Environmental Protection Agency, 2010)[42]
- $9.2 million (Department of Transportation, 2014)[43]
- $9.6 million (Department of Transportation, Aug. 2016)[44]
- $12.5 million (Department of Transportation, 2022)[45]
- $13.2 million (Department of Transportation, 2023)[45]
New Zealand
In New Zealand, the value of a statistical life has been set at:
- NZ$2 million (1991) by NZTA[26]
- NZ$3.85 million (2013) by The Treasury[27]
- NZ$4.14 million (2016) by NZTA[26]
- NZ$4.53 million (June 2019) by Ministry of Transport [28]
- NZ$150,000 per year (2022) by Ministry of Health [29]
- NZ$12.5 million (April 2023) by NZTA [30]
| Country | Fatality | Serious Injury | Slight injury |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 3,601,014 | 569,387 | 43,974 |
| Belgium | 3,582,968 | 550,056 | 42,488 |
| Bulgaria | 1,728,479 | 242,133 | 18,703 |
| Croatia | 2,541,972 | 355,636 | 27,459 |
| Czech Republic | 3,028,481 | 428,346 | 33,055 |
| Denmark | 3,988,844 | 622,286 | 48,084 |
| Estonia | 2,921,585 | 416,085 | 32,124 |
| Finland | 3,248,716 | 517,252 | 39,987 |
| France | 3,122,352 | 486,856 | 37,628 |
| Germany | 3,455,179 | 539,346 | 41,660 |
| Greece | 2,326,951 | 356,127 | 27,527 |
| Hungary | 2,761,351 | 383,034 | 29,559 |
| Ireland | 5,085,099 | 747,910 | 57,709 |
| Italy | 3,248,106 | 501,498 | 38,735 |
| Latvia | 2,338,370 | 337,234 | 26,049 |
| Lithuania | 2,697,114 | 389,643 | 30,071 |
| Luxembourg | 6,491,289 | 996,412 | 76,843 |
| Netherlands | 3,550,348 | 543,938 | 42,020 |
| Norway | 3,402,766 | 573,324 | 44,341 |
| Poland | 2,412,823 | 341,458 | 26,356 |
| Portugal | 2,541,032 | 385,934 | 29,815 |
| Romania | 2,443,038 | 339,588 | 26,203 |
| Slovakia | 2,846,309 | 404,481 | 31,222 |
| Slovenia | 2,425,302 | 364,655 | 28,182 |
| Spain | 3,019,875 | 458,207 | 35,392 |
| Sweden | 3,296,192 | 520,782 | 40,270 |
| Switzerland | 4,422,265 | 759,440 | 58,666 |
| United Kingdom | 2,873,899 | 481,459 | 37,222 |
| EU average | 3,273,910 | 498,591 | 38,514 |
