Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Australia

Healthy life expectancy in Australia in 2021 — 70.6 years. Ranked 13 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.7%.

2021 70.6 years −0.18% vs 2020
World rank 13of 185
Period maximum 70.7 years2020
Period minimum 68.1 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Australia, 2000–202168697071200020032006200920122015201820212000: 68.1 years2001: 68.4 years2002: 68.4 years2003: 68.7 years2004: 68.8 years2005: 68.8 years2006: 69 years2007: 69.2 years2008: 69.2 years2009: 69.5 years2010: 69.6 years2011: 69.7 years2012: 69.9 years2013: 70.1 years2014: 70.1 years2015: 70 years2016: 70.3 years2017: 70.3 years2018: 70.5 years2019: 70.3 years2020: 70.7 years2021: 70.6 years
Change over the period: +2.5 (+3.66%) Average annual rate: 0.17 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia

Australia 70.6 years
World computed 62.2 years
East Asia & Pacific computed 66.9 years
Australia and New Zealand computed 70.5 years
High-income countries computed 67.3 years
Healthy life expectancy — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 70.6 −0.1 −0.18%
2020 70.7 +0.5 +0.68%
2019 70.3 −0.3 −0.4%
2018 70.5 +0.2 +0.32%
2017 70.3 +0.1 +0.07%
2016 70.3 +0.2 +0.33%
2015 70 −0 −0.04%
2014 70.1 −0 −0.04%
2013 70.1 +0.2 +0.23%
2012 69.9 +0.3 +0.4%
2011 69.7 +0 +0.04%
2010 69.6 +0.1 +0.2%
2009 69.5 +0.3 +0.43%
2008 69.2 −0 −0.04%
2007 69.2 +0.2 +0.34%
2006 69 +0.1 +0.21%
2005 68.8 +0 +0.06%
2004 68.8 +0.1 +0.18%
2003 68.7 +0.2 +0.35%
2002 68.4 +0 +0.04%
2001 68.4 +0.3 +0.44%
2000 68.1

Australia and New Zealand, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AU Australia 70.6 NZ New Zealand 70

About the indicator

The expected number of years of life in full health at birth — the HALE indicator in WHO terminology. Years spent with illness or limitation enter the calculation with a reduced weight depending on the severity of the condition, so HALE is always lower than ordinary life expectancy. The difference between them is the expected time of life with health lost: in most countries it is about ten years, and as life expectancy grows the difference grows too rather than shrinking.

Important: This series is not in the World Development Indicators — only at WHO. The severity weights of conditions are taken as common to all countries, so the differences reflect the prevalence of diseases and not how a country regards disability.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.