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Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth (years) by country

Countries reporting
184
Highest
73.65
Singapore
Lowest
44.63
Lesotho, Kingdom of
Median
62.91
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,312

What the numbers show

Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth (years) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 73.65 in Singapore; the lowest is 44.63 in Lesotho, Kingdom of.

The median across all reporting countries is 62.91, and the mean is 61.89.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 21.1%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 8.1%).

Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 73.65 2021 up 1.9% rising
2 Japan 73.4 2021 up 1.8% flat
3 Korea, Republic of 72.45 2021 up 2.9% rising
4 Iceland 71.37 2021 up 0.7% flat
5 Luxembourg 71.23 2021 up 1.4% rising
6 Norway 71.16 2021 up 1.9% rising
7 Switzerland 71.15 2021 up 0.9% flat
8 Sweden 71.12 2021 up 0.6% flat
9 Spain 71.11 2021 up 0.5% flat
10 Israel 70.76 2021 up 0.2% flat
11 Cyprus 70.74 2021 up 0.5% flat
12 Malta 70.71 2021 up 0.9% flat
13 Australia 70.61 2021 up 1.4% flat
14 Italy 70.56 2021 up 0.1% flat
15 France 70.08 2021 up 0.2% flat
16 Denmark 70.06 2021 up 1.5% rising
17 Ireland 70 2021 up 1.2% rising
18 New Zealand 69.98 2021 up 1.4% flat
19 Netherlands, The 69.97 2021 down 0.5% flat
20 Finland 69.93 2021 up 1.5% rising
21 Belgium 69.79 2021 up 1.4% flat
22 Austria 69.79 2021 up 0.2% flat
23 Canada 69.78 2021 down 0.3% flat
24 Portugal 69.52 2021 up 0.9% rising
25 Slovenia, Republic of 69.36 2021 up 0.8% rising
26 Germany 68.93 2021 down 0.2% flat
27 Puerto Rico 68.82 2021 up 1.3% flat
28 United Kingdom 68.64 2021 down 0.9% flat
29 China, People's Republic of 68.58 2021 up 2.6% rising
30 Greece 68.55 2021 down 1.0% flat
31 Kuwait 67.78 2021 down 2.8% flat
32 Chile 67.65 2021 down 1.0% flat
33 Costa Rica 67.63 2021 down 2.2% flat
34 United Arab Emirates 67.27 2021 down 2.3% flat
35 Brunei Darussalam 67.1 2021 down 0.6% flat
36 Croatia, Republic of 66.8 2021 down 0.7% flat
37 Estonia, Republic of 66.74 2021 up 0.6% rising
38 Panama 66.74 2021 down 0.7% flat
39 Sri Lanka 66.73 2021 up 2.3% rising
40 Albania 66.69 2021 down 0.5% rising
41 Maldives 66.67 2021 up 0.4% rising
42 Barbados 66.67 2021 up 0.6% flat
43 Czech Republic 66.66 2021 down 0.9% flat
44 Antigua and Barbuda 66.52 2021 up 1.1% flat
45 Qatar 66.21 2021 up 2.2% rising
46 Thailand 65.76 2021 down 0.7% rising
47 Saudi Arabia 65.64 2021 up 0.4% rising
48 Algeria 65.55 2021 up 0.3% flat
49 Poland, Republic of 65.52 2021 down 1.6% flat
50 Vietnam 65.35 2021 up 1.3% flat
51 Türkiye, Republic of 65.2 2021 down 1.9% flat
52 Montenegro 65.15 2021 down 2.1% flat
53 Jordan 65.07 2021 down 1.9% rising
54 Colombia 65.02 2021 down 2.7% rising
55 Uruguay 64.99 2021 down 2.4% flat
56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64.99 2021 down 2.9% flat
57 Slovak Republic 64.94 2021 down 1.6% rising
58 Hungary 64.84 2021 down 0.7% rising
59 Bhutan 64.8 2021 up 3.6% rising
60 Argentina 64.79 2021 down 1.8% flat
61 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 64.73 2021 up 3.1% rising
62 Seychelles 64.72 2021 up 0.2% flat
63 Cuba 64.62 2021 down 5.7% flat
64 Nicaragua 64.61 2021 down 2.3% flat
65 Ecuador 64.34 2021 down 2.3% flat
66 Bahrain, Kingdom of 64.24 2021 down 0.5% rising
67 Lithuania, Republic of 64.23 2021 up 0.6% rising
68 Azerbaijan, Republic of 64.04 2021 up 2.6% rising
69 Armenia, Republic of 64.01 2021 down 0.9% flat
70 Iran, Islamic Republic of 63.98 2021 down 2.7% flat
71 Malaysia 63.95 2021 down 2.0% flat
72 United States 63.91 2021 down 4.0% flat
73 Serbia, Republic of 63.87 2021 down 2.3% flat
74 Romania 63.85 2021 down 2.2% rising
75 Belize 63.82 2021 down 0.9% flat
76 Tonga 63.78 2021 up 0.3% flat
77 Cabo Verde 63.77 2021 down 1.4% flat
78 Latvia, Republic of 63.76 2021 down 1.0% rising
79 North Macedonia, Republic of 63.71 2021 down 2.9% flat
80 Belarus, Republic of 63.71 2021 up 3.0% rising
81 Mauritius 63.63 2021 down 0.4% flat
82 Tunisia 63.58 2021 down 3.5% flat
83 Dominican Republic 63.56 2021 down 1.2% flat
84 Kyrgyz Republic 63.42 2021 up 3.2% rising
85 Uzbekistan, Republic of 63.36 2021 up 6.4% rising
86 Lebanon 63.22 2021 down 5.0% flat
87 Oman 63.19 2021 down 1.0% flat
88 Grenada 63.16 2021 up 0.3% flat
89 Tajikistan, Republic of 63.09 2021 up 1.5% rising
90 Bangladesh 63.05 2021 up 2.5% rising
91 Peru 62.99 2021 down 8.1% flat
92 Palestine 62.93 2021 up 0.3% rising
93 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 62.88 2021 down 1.2% flat
94 Georgia 62.48 2021 down 1.5% flat
95 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 62.44 2021 up 2.8% rising
96 Bulgaria 62.39 2021 down 3.8% flat
97 Morocco 62.34 2021 down 0.4% flat
98 Syrian Arab Republic 62.27 2021 down 0.4% falling
99 El Salvador 62.2 2021 down 3.4% flat
100 Libya 62.06 2021 up 0.5% flat
101 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 62.05 2021 down 4.3% flat
102 Trinidad and Tobago 61.94 2021 down 3.2% flat
103 Brazil 61.83 2021 down 2.3% flat
104 St. Lucia 61.76 2021 down 6.1% flat
105 Jamaica 61.72 2021 down 3.6% flat
106 Samoa 61.57 2021 down 0.6% flat
107 Kazakhstan, Republic of 61.55 2021 up 1.6% rising
108 Ukraine 61.55 2021 down 0.4% rising
109 Bahamas, The 61.52 2021 down 3.2% flat
110 Mexico 61.44 2021 down 5.5% flat
111 Mongolia 61.31 2021 up 3.5% rising
112 Moldova, Republic of 61.21 2021 down 0.6% rising
113 Iraq 61.02 2021 down 0.3% flat
114 Russian Federation 60.94 2021 up 0.3% rising
115 Paraguay 60.88 2021 down 5.9% flat
116 Turkmenistan 60.82 2021 down 0.4% rising
117 Indonesia 60.67 2021 down 1.6% rising
118 Cambodia 60.63 2021 up 2.5% rising
119 Lao People's Democratic Republic 60.41 2021 up 4.7% rising
120 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 60.39 2021 up 0.1% rising
121 Egypt, Arab Republic of 60.36 2021 down 1.6% flat
122 Nepal 60.2 2021 up 0.6% rising
123 Honduras 60.05 2021 down 2.5% flat
124 Myanmar 59.75 2021 up 3.6% rising
125 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 59.53 2021 up 1.2% rising
126 Guatemala 59.25 2021 down 3.5% flat
127 Comoros, Union of the 59.02 2021 up 2.1% rising
128 Senegal 58.9 2021 up 2.7% rising
129 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 58.83 2021 up 5.1% rising
130 Philippines 58.77 2021 down 4.3% flat
131 Rwanda 58.71 2021 up 3.8% rising
132 Vanuatu 58.68 2021 down 0.1% flat
133 Sudan 58.54 2021 up 0.9% rising
134 Kenya 58.22 2021 up 7.1% rising
135 India 58.15 2021 down 0.1% rising
136 Tanzania, United Republic of 58.07 2021 up 6.7% rising
137 Micronesia, Federated States of 57.93 2021 up 1.1% flat
138 Ghana 57.88 2021 up 5.5% rising
139 Fiji, Republic of 57.69 2021 down 3.1% flat
140 Papua New Guinea 57.48 2021 up 0.7% rising
141 Bolivia 57.43 2021 down 7.1% rising
142 Solomon Islands 57.37 2021 up 0.3% flat
143 Uganda 57.22 2021 up 8.2% rising
144 Djibouti 56.99 2021 up 3.7% rising
145 Pakistan 56.89 2021 up 2.0% rising
146 Guyana 56.82 2021 down 0.5% flat
147 Yemen, Republic of 56.46 2021 down 3.3% flat
148 Gabon 56.26 2021 up 4.5% rising
149 Togo 55.85 2021 up 6.8% rising
150 Burundi 55.84 2021 up 6.0% rising
151 Gambia, The 55.84 2021 up 2.0% rising
152 Benin 55.72 2021 up 4.2% rising
153 Eritrea, The State of 55.42 2021 up 4.5% rising
154 Côte d'Ivoire 55.41 2021 up 10.4% rising
155 Madagascar, Republic of 55.14 2021 down 0.1% rising
156 Nigeria 54.95 2021 up 5.2% rising
157 Congo, Republic of 54.84 2021 up 3.1% rising
158 Malawi 54.67 2021 up 7.2% rising
159 Burkina Faso 54.56 2021 up 5.6% rising
160 Cameroon 54.01 2021 up 7.9% rising
161 Liberia 53.96 2021 up 4.4% rising
162 Haiti 53.94 2021 up 2.0% rising
163 Angola 53.76 2021 up 5.3% rising
164 Kiribati 53.65 2021 down 0.8% flat
165 Mali 53.56 2021 up 4.1% rising
166 Guinea 53.43 2021 up 4.2% rising
167 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 53.26 2021 up 2.7% rising
168 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 53.21 2021 up 6.6% rising
169 Sierra Leone 53.13 2021 up 9.5% rising
170 Botswana 53.1 2021 up 4.6% rising
171 Zambia 52.97 2021 up 5.0% rising
172 Namibia 52.82 2021 down 0.9% rising
173 South Africa 52.76 2021 up 3.8% rising
174 Niger 52.61 2021 up 2.5% rising
175 Chad 51.52 2021 up 5.4% rising
176 Guinea-Bissau 51.45 2021 up 4.8% rising
177 Zimbabwe 51.25 2021 up 9.3% rising
178 South Sudan, Republic of 50.53 2021 down 0.7% rising
179 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 50.45 2021 down 1.0% rising
180 Mozambique, Republic of 49.72 2021 up 7.2% rising
181 Eswatini, Kingdom of 47.47 2021 up 12.5% rising
182 Somalia 47.42 2021 up 21.1% rising
183 Central African Republic 45.43 2021 up 5.7% rising
184 Lesotho, Kingdom of 44.63 2021 up 4.2% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth (years)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
196 places, 4,312 data points, 2000–2021
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