Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 (years) by country
Countries reporting
184
Highest
20.36
Japan
Lowest
8.95
Lesotho
Median
13.8
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,334
What the numbers show
Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 (years) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 20.36 in Japan; the lowest is 8.95 in Lesotho.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.8, and the mean is 14.17.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 20.4%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (down 26.2%).
Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 (years): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 20.36 | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 20.33 | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 3 | South Korea | 19.63 | 2021 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 4 | Australia | 19.1 | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 5 | Iceland | 19.08 | 2021 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 6 | Switzerland | 18.97 | 2021 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 7 | Spain | 18.86 | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 18.83 | 2021 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 9 | New Zealand | 18.76 | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 10 | Norway | 18.71 | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 11 | Sweden | 18.68 | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 12 | France | 18.64 | 2021 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 13 | Malta | 18.64 | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 14 | Puerto Rico | 18.5 | 2021 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 15 | Canada | 18.48 | 2021 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 16 | Cyprus | 18.39 | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 17 | Italy | 18.35 | 2021 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 18 | Israel | 18.35 | 2021 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 19 | Ireland | 18.27 | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 20 | Portugal | 18.19 | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 21 | Finland | 18.14 | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 22 | Denmark | 18.03 | 2021 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 23 | Belgium | 17.99 | 2021 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 24 | Netherlands | 17.82 | 2021 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 25 | Austria | 17.74 | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 26 | Costa Rica | 17.55 | 2021 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 17.55 | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 28 | Germany | 17.34 | 2021 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 29 | Greece | 17.28 | 2021 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 30 | Thailand | 17.15 | 2021 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 31 | Chile | 17.14 | 2021 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 32 | Slovenia | 17.04 | 2021 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 33 | Panama | 17 | 2021 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 34 | Kuwait | 16.52 | 2021 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 35 | Barbados | 16.31 | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 36 | China | 16.19 | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 16.16 | 2021 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 38 | Brunei | 16.05 | 2021 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 15.86 | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 40 | Estonia | 15.82 | 2021 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 41 | Antigua and Barbuda | 15.81 | 2021 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 15.79 | 2021 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 43 | United States | 15.71 | 2021 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 44 | Bhutan | 15.7 | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 45 | Algeria | 15.7 | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 46 | Belize | 15.49 | 2021 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 47 | Colombia | 15.48 | 2021 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 48 | Uruguay | 15.35 | 2021 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 49 | Albania | 15.34 | 2021 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 50 | Ecuador | 15.21 | 2021 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 51 | Croatia | 15.15 | 2021 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 52 | El Salvador | 15.14 | 2021 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 53 | Vietnam | 15.12 | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 15.1 | 2021 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 55 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.06 | 2021 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 56 | Czechia | 15.01 | 2021 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 57 | Argentina | 14.99 | 2021 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 58 | Venezuela | 14.9 | 2021 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 59 | North Korea | 14.88 | 2021 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 60 | Jordan | 14.78 | 2021 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 14.77 | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 62 | Poland | 14.76 | 2021 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 63 | Iran | 14.75 | 2021 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 64 | Saudi Arabia | 14.72 | 2021 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 65 | Mauritius | 14.69 | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 66 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.64 | 2021 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 67 | Turkey | 14.6 | 2021 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 68 | Lithuania | 14.6 | 2021 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 69 | Seychelles | 14.51 | 2021 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 70 | Cape Verde | 14.39 | 2021 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 71 | Brazil | 14.35 | 2021 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 72 | Tonga | 14.33 | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 14.31 | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 74 | Peru | 14.31 | 2021 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 75 | Bahamas | 14.3 | 2021 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 14.27 | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 77 | Qatar | 14.2 | 2021 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 78 | Latvia | 14.16 | 2021 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.16 | 2021 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 80 | Lebanon | 14.15 | 2021 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 81 | Grenada | 14.12 | 2021 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | 14.11 | 2021 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 83 | Slovakia | 14.09 | 2021 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 84 | Cuba | 14.04 | 2021 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 85 | Hungary | 14 | 2021 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 86 | Nigeria | 13.99 | 2021 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 87 | Montenegro | 13.92 | 2021 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 88 | Tunisia | 13.91 | 2021 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 89 | Maldives | 13.91 | 2021 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 90 | Syria | 13.89 | 2021 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 91 | Mexico | 13.87 | 2021 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 92 | Malaysia | 13.84 | 2021 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 93 | Mongolia | 13.75 | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.72 | 2021 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 95 | Romania | 13.65 | 2021 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 96 | Belarus | 13.63 | 2021 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 97 | Armenia | 13.57 | 2021 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 98 | Libya | 13.57 | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 99 | Palestine | 13.54 | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | 13.53 | 2021 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 101 | Mauritania | 13.5 | 2021 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 102 | Saint Lucia | 13.49 | 2021 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 103 | Tanzania | 13.41 | 2021 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13.39 | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 105 | Morocco | 13.36 | 2021 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 106 | Rwanda | 13.34 | 2021 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 107 | Ethiopia | 13.33 | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 108 | Samoa | 13.33 | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 109 | Sudan | 13.28 | 2021 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 110 | Laos | 13.27 | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 111 | East Timor | 13.16 | 2021 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 112 | Iraq | 13.16 | 2021 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 113 | Benin | 13.12 | 2021 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 114 | Ukraine | 13.11 | 2021 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 115 | Jamaica | 13.09 | 2021 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 116 | Paraguay | 13.08 | 2021 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 117 | Comoros | 13.07 | 2021 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 118 | Uganda | 13.07 | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 13.04 | 2021 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 120 | Bahrain | 13.04 | 2021 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 121 | Serbia | 13.03 | 2021 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 122 | Myanmar | 12.98 | 2021 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 123 | Oman | 12.97 | 2021 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 124 | Guatemala | 12.92 | 2021 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 125 | Ghana | 12.87 | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 126 | Georgia | 12.85 | 2021 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 127 | Nepal | 12.83 | 2021 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 128 | Djibouti | 12.79 | 2021 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 129 | Bulgaria | 12.75 | 2021 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 130 | Cote d'Ivoire | 12.74 | 2021 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 131 | Senegal | 12.72 | 2021 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 132 | Cambodia | 12.71 | 2021 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 133 | Russia | 12.69 | 2021 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 134 | Niger | 12.63 | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 135 | Sierra Leone | 12.61 | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 136 | Yemen | 12.57 | 2021 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 137 | Mali | 12.51 | 2021 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 138 | Pakistan | 12.5 | 2021 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 139 | Guinea | 12.46 | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 12.45 | 2021 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 141 | Burkina Faso | 12.4 | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 142 | Togo | 12.37 | 2021 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 143 | Burundi | 12.37 | 2021 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 144 | Liberia | 12.32 | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 145 | Equatorial Guinea | 12.3 | 2021 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 146 | Honduras | 12.21 | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 147 | Cameroon | 12.2 | 2021 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 148 | Moldova | 12.18 | 2021 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 149 | Vanuatu | 12.04 | 2021 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 150 | Madagascar | 12.01 | 2021 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 151 | Gabon | 12 | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 152 | Papua New Guinea | 11.98 | 2021 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 153 | Gambia | 11.94 | 2021 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 154 | Micronesia (country) | 11.93 | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 155 | Kenya | 11.92 | 2021 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 156 | Indonesia | 11.86 | 2021 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 157 | Angola | 11.86 | 2021 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 158 | Guyana | 11.82 | 2021 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 159 | Chad | 11.71 | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 160 | Malawi | 11.69 | 2021 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 161 | India | 11.53 | 2021 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 162 | Haiti | 11.52 | 2021 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 163 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 11.51 | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 164 | Congo | 11.45 | 2021 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 165 | Philippines | 11.4 | 2021 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 11.36 | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 167 | Egypt | 11.33 | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 168 | Zambia | 11.33 | 2021 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 169 | South Africa | 11.28 | 2021 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 170 | Eritrea | 11.18 | 2021 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 171 | South Sudan | 11.03 | 2021 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 172 | Fiji | 10.85 | 2021 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 173 | Guinea-Bissau | 10.78 | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 174 | Botswana | 10.77 | 2021 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 175 | Kiribati | 10.66 | 2021 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 176 | Bolivia | 10.61 | 2021 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 177 | Namibia | 10.6 | 2021 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 178 | Mozambique | 10.51 | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 179 | Zimbabwe | 10.39 | 2021 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 180 | Afghanistan | 9.88 | 2021 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 181 | Eswatini | 9.76 | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 182 | Somalia | 9.46 | 2021 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 183 | Central African Republic | 9.03 | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 184 | Lesotho | 8.95 | 2021 | down 3.1% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- High income (World Bank) 17.44
- Mus 14.69
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 16.59
- Sur 13.56
- Europe (WHO region) 15.71
- Americas (WHO region) 15.21
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 15.02
- World 14.74
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 12.85
- Africa (WHO region) 12.62
- Low income (World Bank) 12.47
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 12.34
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 12.2