Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Bhutan

Healthy life expectancy in Bhutan in 2021 — 64.8 years. Ranked 59 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.2%.

2021 64.8 years +0.52% vs 2020
World rank 59of 185
Period maximum 64.8 years2021
Period minimum 57.2 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Bhutan, 2000–2021565860626466200020032006200920122015201820212000: 57.2 years2001: 58.2 years2002: 58.8 years2003: 59.3 years2004: 59.7 years2005: 60.1 years2006: 60.6 years2007: 61.1 years2008: 61.5 years2009: 61.8 years2010: 62.2 years2011: 62.5 years2012: 62.8 years2013: 63.1 years2014: 63.2 years2015: 63.4 years2016: 63.6 years2017: 63.8 years2018: 64 years2019: 64.1 years2020: 64.5 years2021: 64.8 years
Change over the period: +7.6 (+13.21%) Average annual rate: 0.59 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Bhutan 64.8 years
World computed 62.2 years
South Asia computed 58.4 years
Southern Asia computed 58.6 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 58.8 years
Healthy life expectancy — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 64.8 +0.3 +0.52%
2020 64.5 +0.3 +0.52%
2019 64.1 +0.2 +0.24%
2018 64 +0.2 +0.29%
2017 63.8 +0.2 +0.37%
2016 63.6 +0.2 +0.29%
2015 63.4 +0.1 +0.23%
2014 63.2 +0.2 +0.27%
2013 63.1 +0.2 +0.37%
2012 62.8 +0.3 +0.46%
2011 62.5 +0.3 +0.56%
2010 62.2 +0.4 +0.65%
2009 61.8 +0.3 +0.52%
2008 61.5 +0.4 +0.62%
2007 61.1 +0.5 +0.75%
2006 60.6 +0.5 +0.84%
2005 60.1 +0.4 +0.71%
2004 59.7 +0.4 +0.74%
2003 59.3 +0.5 +0.8%
2002 58.8 +0.6 +0.97%
2001 58.2 +1 +1.73%
2000 57.2

Southern Asia, 2021

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

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.