Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 in China
China: Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 was 16.19 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 in China, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
China recorded 16.19 for healthy life expectancy (hale) at age 60 in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, healthy life expectancy (hale) at age 60 in China peaked at 16.19 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 13.98, in 2000.
China ranks 36th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 in China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.98 | — |
| 2001 | 14 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 14.07 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 14.05 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 14.05 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 14.23 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 14.66 | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 14.89 | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 14.91 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 14.96 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 15.01 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 15.15 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 15.34 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 15.49 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 15.66 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 15.8 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 15.87 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 15.95 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 16.01 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 16.06 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 16.13 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 16.19 | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.38 | 13.98 | 14.96 | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.63 | 15.01 | 16.06 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.16 | 16.13 | 16.19 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is healthy life expectancy (hale) at age 60 in China?
- Healthy life expectancy (hale) at age 60 in China was 16.19 in 2021, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest healthy life expectancy (hale) at age 60 recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 16.19 in 2021.
- What is the lowest healthy life expectancy (hale) at age 60 recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.98 in 2000.
- How does China rank for healthy life expectancy (hale) at age 60?
- China ranks 36th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is healthy life expectancy (hale) at age 60 rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at age 60 (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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