Healthy life expectancy in Bahrain

Bahrain: Healthy life expectancy was 64.24 Years in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
64.24 Years
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
66th
of 185 countries
All-time high
65.8 Years
in 2019
All-time low
61.05 Years
in 2000
Years of data
22
2000–2021

Healthy life expectancy in Bahrain, 2000–2021

02040602000201020212000: 61.1 Years2001: 61.6 Years2002: 61.8 Years2003: 61.8 Years2004: 62.1 Years2005: 62.4 Years2006: 62.7 Years2007: 63.2 Years2008: 63.6 Years2009: 64 Years2010: 64.3 Years2011: 64.5 Years2012: 64.8 Years2013: 65.1 Years2014: 65.5 Years2015: 65.6 Years2016: 65.5 Years2017: 65.6 Years2018: 65.7 Years2019: 65.8 Years2020: 64.7 Years2021: 64.2 Years

Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in Years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for healthy life expectancy in Bahrain is 64.24 Years, measured in 2021.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, healthy life expectancy in Bahrain peaked at 65.8 Years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 61.05 Years, in 2000.

That places Bahrain 66th out of 185 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 62.41 Years 61.05 Years 63.98 Years 10
2010s 65.26 Years 64.32 Years 65.8 Years 10
2020s 64.48 Years 64.24 Years 64.73 Years 2

Countries ranked near Bahrain

  1. 63 Cuba 64.62 Years compare
  2. 64 Nicaragua 64.61 Years compare
  3. 65 Ecuador 64.34 Years compare
  4. 67 Lithuania 64.23 Years compare
  5. 68 Azerbaijan 64.04 Years compare
  6. 69 Armenia 64.01 Years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is healthy life expectancy in Bahrain?
Healthy life expectancy in Bahrain was 64.24 Years in 2021, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest healthy life expectancy recorded in Bahrain?
The highest recorded value was 65.8 Years in 2019.
What is the lowest healthy life expectancy recorded in Bahrain?
The lowest recorded value was 61.05 Years in 2000.
How does Bahrain rank for healthy life expectancy?
Bahrain ranks 66th out of 185 countries with data for 2021.
Is healthy life expectancy rising or falling in Bahrain?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bahrain data come from?
The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Healthy life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Healthy life expectancy
Unit
Years
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
185 places, 4,070 data points, 2000–2021
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The estimated average number of years lived free from disability or disease burden. This is based on period life expectancy, after adjusting for the number of years lived in less than "full health" due to disease and/or injury.