Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Burkina Faso

Healthy life expectancy in Burkina Faso in 2021 — 54.6 years. Ranked 160 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 21.1%.

2021 54.6 years −1.06% vs 2020
World rank 160of 185
Period maximum 55.1 years2020
Period minimum 45.1 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Burkina Faso, 2000–202145505560200020032006200920122015201820212000: 45.1 years2001: 45.5 years2002: 46 years2003: 46.7 years2004: 47.4 years2005: 48.2 years2006: 48.8 years2007: 49.5 years2008: 50.1 years2009: 50.7 years2010: 51.2 years2011: 51.7 years2012: 52.1 years2013: 52.6 years2014: 53.1 years2015: 53.5 years2016: 53.9 years2017: 54.3 years2018: 54.8 years2019: 55 years2020: 55.1 years2021: 54.6 years
Change over the period: +9.5 (+21.08%) Average annual rate: 0.92 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Burkina Faso 54.6 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Western Africa computed 55.1 years
Low-income countries computed 55.4 years
Healthy life expectancy — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 54.6 −0.6 −1.06%
2020 55.1 +0.2 +0.34%
2019 55 +0.2 +0.38%
2018 54.8 +0.4 +0.76%
2017 54.3 +0.5 +0.86%
2016 53.9 +0.4 +0.7%
2015 53.5 +0.4 +0.83%
2014 53.1 +0.5 +0.93%
2013 52.6 +0.5 +0.87%
2012 52.1 +0.4 +0.87%
2011 51.7 +0.5 +0.88%
2010 51.2 +0.5 +0.99%
2009 50.7 +0.6 +1.15%
2008 50.1 +0.6 +1.3%
2007 49.5 +0.7 +1.33%
2006 48.8 +0.7 +1.44%
2005 48.2 +0.8 +1.62%
2004 47.4 +0.7 +1.54%
2003 46.7 +0.6 +1.4%
2002 46 +0.5 +1.16%
2001 45.5 +0.4 +0.97%
2000 45.1

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.