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Healthy life expectancy — Benin

Healthy life expectancy in Benin in 2021 — 55.7 years. Ranked 153 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 11.7%.

2021 55.7 years −0.62% vs 2020
World rank 153of 185
Period maximum 56.1 years2020
Period minimum 49.9 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Benin, 2000–2021485052545658200020032006200920122015201820212000: 49.9 years2001: 50.2 years2002: 50.5 years2003: 50.8 years2004: 51.1 years2005: 51.4 years2006: 51.7 years2007: 51.9 years2008: 52.5 years2009: 53 years2010: 53.2 years2011: 53.5 years2012: 53.8 years2013: 54.1 years2014: 54.3 years2015: 54.6 years2016: 54.9 years2017: 55.2 years2018: 55.5 years2019: 55.9 years2020: 56.1 years2021: 55.7 years
Change over the period: +5.8 (+11.68%) Average annual rate: 0.53 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Benin 55.7 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Western Africa computed 55.1 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 58.8 years
Healthy life expectancy — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 55.7 −0.4 −0.62%
2020 56.1 +0.2 +0.35%
2019 55.9 +0.3 +0.61%
2018 55.5 +0.3 +0.6%
2017 55.2 +0.3 +0.54%
2016 54.9 +0.3 +0.6%
2015 54.6 +0.2 +0.46%
2014 54.3 +0.3 +0.49%
2013 54.1 +0.3 +0.57%
2012 53.8 +0.3 +0.49%
2011 53.5 +0.3 +0.48%
2010 53.2 +0.3 +0.53%
2009 53 +0.5 +0.92%
2008 52.5 +0.5 +1.04%
2007 51.9 +0.3 +0.5%
2006 51.7 +0.3 +0.55%
2005 51.4 +0.3 +0.56%
2004 51.1 +0.3 +0.67%
2003 50.8 +0.3 +0.6%
2002 50.5 +0.3 +0.59%
2001 50.2 +0.3 +0.57%
2000 49.9 — —

Western Africa, 2021

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

CV Cabo Verde 63.8 MR Mauritania 60.4 SN Senegal 58.9 GH Ghana 57.9 TG Togo 55.8 GM Gambia 55.8 BJ Benin 55.7 CI Côte d'Ivoire 55.4 NG Nigeria 54.9 BF Burkina Faso 54.6 LR Liberia 54 ML Mali 53.6 GN Guinea 53.4 SL Sierra Leone 53.1 NE Niger 52.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 51.5
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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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