Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — East Asia & Pacific

Healthy life expectancy in East Asia & Pacific in 2021 — 66.9 years. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.4%.

2021 66.9 years −0.6% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 67.3 years2019
Period minimum 62.9 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — East Asia & Pacific, 2000–202162646668200020032006200920122015201820212000: 62.9 years2001: 63.1 years2002: 63.3 years2003: 63.6 years2004: 63.7 years2005: 64.2 years2006: 64.6 years2007: 65 years2008: 65.1 years2009: 65.5 years2010: 65.7 years2011: 65.9 years2012: 66.2 years2013: 66.4 years2014: 66.7 years2015: 66.8 years2016: 67 years2017: 67.1 years2018: 67.2 years2019: 67.3 years2020: 67.3 years2021: 66.9 years
Change over the period: +4 (+6.38%) Average annual rate: 0.29 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 66.9 years
World computed 62.2 years
Healthy life expectancy — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 66.9 −0.4 −0.6%
2020 67.3 −0.1 −0.11%
2019 67.3 +0.1 +0.14%
2018 67.2 +0.1 +0.17%
2017 67.1 +0.1 +0.22%
2016 67 +0.1 +0.2%
2015 66.8 +0.2 +0.27%
2014 66.7 +0.2 +0.36%
2013 66.4 +0.2 +0.35%
2012 66.2 +0.3 +0.44%
2011 65.9 +0.2 +0.37%
2010 65.7 +0.2 +0.3%
2009 65.5 +0.4 +0.63%
2008 65.1 +0 +0.06%
2007 65 +0.4 +0.58%
2006 64.6 +0.5 +0.77%
2005 64.2 +0.5 +0.78%
2004 63.7 +0 +0.06%
2003 63.6 +0.3 +0.43%
2002 63.3 +0.2 +0.38%
2001 63.1 +0.3 +0.41%
2000 62.9

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.