Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Democratic Republic of the Congo

Healthy life expectancy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2021 — 53.2 years. Ranked 169 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 18.2%.

2021 53.2 years −0.65% vs 2020
World rank 169of 185
Period maximum 53.6 years2020
Period minimum 45 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2000–20214547.55052.555200020032006200920122015201820212000: 45 years2001: 45.3 years2002: 45.5 years2003: 45.9 years2004: 46.5 years2005: 47 years2006: 47.5 years2007: 48 years2008: 48.4 years2009: 48.9 years2010: 49.5 years2011: 49.9 years2012: 50.4 years2013: 50.9 years2014: 51.4 years2015: 51.8 years2016: 52.2 years2017: 52.6 years2018: 53.1 years2019: 53.5 years2020: 53.6 years2021: 53.2 years
Change over the period: +8.2 (+18.17%) Average annual rate: 0.8 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo 53.2 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Middle Africa computed 53.2 years
Low-income countries computed 55.4 years
Healthy life expectancy — Democratic Republic of the Congo, by year Democratic Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 53.2 −0.3 −0.65%
2020 53.6 +0.1 +0.1%
2019 53.5 +0.4 +0.7%
2018 53.1 +0.5 +0.99%
2017 52.6 +0.4 +0.69%
2016 52.2 +0.4 +0.8%
2015 51.8 +0.4 +0.87%
2014 51.4 +0.5 +1.02%
2013 50.9 +0.5 +1.02%
2012 50.4 +0.4 +0.86%
2011 49.9 +0.5 +0.92%
2010 49.5 +0.6 +1.15%
2009 48.9 +0.5 +1.06%
2008 48.4 +0.4 +0.85%
2007 48 +0.5 +1.07%
2006 47.5 +0.5 +1.07%
2005 47 +0.5 +1.09%
2004 46.5 +0.5 +1.19%
2003 45.9 +0.4 +0.83%
2002 45.5 +0.2 +0.47%
2001 45.3 +0.3 +0.68%
2000 45

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.