Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Botswana

Healthy life expectancy in Botswana in 2021 — 53.1 years. Ranked 171 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 28.6%.

2021 53.1 years −5.67% vs 2020
World rank 171of 185
Period maximum 56.3 years2020
Period minimum 40.9 years2001

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Botswana, 2000–20214045505560200020032006200920122015201820212000: 41.3 years2001: 40.9 years2002: 41.1 years2003: 42.1 years2004: 44 years2005: 46.1 years2006: 47.5 years2007: 48.3 years2008: 48.7 years2009: 49.4 years2010: 50.1 years2011: 50.8 years2012: 51.8 years2013: 52.6 years2014: 53.2 years2015: 53.8 years2016: 54.5 years2017: 55.3 years2018: 55.7 years2019: 56.1 years2020: 56.3 years2021: 53.1 years
Change over the period: +11.8 (+28.56%) Average annual rate: 1.2 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Botswana 53.1 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Southern Africa computed 52.4 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 65.5 years
Healthy life expectancy — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 53.1 −3.2 −5.67%
2020 56.3 +0.2 +0.43%
2019 56.1 +0.3 +0.6%
2018 55.7 +0.4 +0.72%
2017 55.3 +0.8 +1.43%
2016 54.5 +0.8 +1.41%
2015 53.8 +0.5 +1.03%
2014 53.2 +0.6 +1.21%
2013 52.6 +0.7 +1.44%
2012 51.8 +1.1 +2.16%
2011 50.8 +0.7 +1.35%
2010 50.1 +0.7 +1.37%
2009 49.4 +0.7 +1.45%
2008 48.7 +0.4 +0.84%
2007 48.3 +0.8 +1.61%
2006 47.5 +1.4 +3.1%
2005 46.1 +2.1 +4.7%
2004 44 +1.9 +4.46%
2003 42.1 +1.1 +2.58%
2002 41.1 +0.2 +0.44%
2001 40.9 −0.4 −0.97%
2000 41.3

Southern Africa, 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.