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Healthy life expectancy — Barbados

Healthy life expectancy in Barbados in 2021 — 66.7 years. Ranked 42 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.1%.

2021 66.7 years −0.27% vs 2020
World rank 42of 185
Period maximum 66.9 years2020
Period minimum 65.3 years2003

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Barbados, 2000–20216565.56666.567200020032006200920122015201820212000: 65.3 years2001: 65.6 years2002: 65.5 years2003: 65.3 years2004: 65.3 years2005: 65.6 years2006: 65.6 years2007: 65.7 years2008: 65.9 years2009: 66.2 years2010: 66.2 years2011: 66.3 years2012: 66.4 years2013: 66.4 years2014: 66.5 years2015: 66.5 years2016: 66.5 years2017: 66.5 years2018: 66.5 years2019: 66.3 years2020: 66.9 years2021: 66.7 years
Change over the period: +1.4 (+2.11%) Average annual rate: 0.1 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Barbados 66.7 years
World computed 62.2 years
Latin America & Caribbean computed 62.4 years
High-income countries computed 67.3 years
Healthy life expectancy — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 66.7 −0.2 −0.27%
2020 66.9 +0.6 +0.85%
2019 66.3 −0.2 −0.28%
2018 66.5 −0 −0.06%
2017 66.5 +0 +0.01%
2016 66.5 +0 +0.04%
2015 66.5 +0 +0.05%
2014 66.5 +0 +0.02%
2013 66.4 +0 +0.03%
2012 66.4 +0.2 +0.25%
2011 66.3 +0 +0.07%
2010 66.2 +0 +0.02%
2009 66.2 +0.3 +0.41%
2008 65.9 +0.2 +0.28%
2007 65.7 +0.1 +0.19%
2006 65.6 +0.1 +0.08%
2005 65.6 +0.3 +0.39%
2004 65.3 +0 +0.07%
2003 65.3 −0.2 −0.36%
2002 65.5 −0.2 −0.23%
2001 65.6 +0.3 +0.53%
2000 65.3 — —

Caribbean, 2021

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

PR Puerto Rico 68.8 BB Barbados 66.7 AG Antigua and Barbuda 66.5 CU Cuba 64.6 DO Dominican Republic 63.6 GD Grenada 63.2 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 62.9 TT Trinidad and Tobago 61.9 LC Saint Lucia 61.8 JM Jamaica 61.7 BS Bahamas 61.5 HT Haiti 53.9
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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.

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Barbados by year Mortality Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases

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Barbados by year
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