Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — El Salvador

Healthy life expectancy in El Salvador in 2021 — 62.2 years. Ranked 99 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.3%.

2021 62.2 years −0.61% vs 2020
World rank 99of 185
Period maximum 65 years2012
Period minimum 62 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — El Salvador, 2000–20216263646566200020032006200920122015201820212000: 62 years2001: 62.1 years2002: 63.3 years2003: 63.1 years2004: 63.3 years2005: 63.4 years2006: 63.6 years2007: 64 years2008: 64.2 years2009: 63.9 years2010: 64.4 years2011: 64.4 years2012: 65 years2013: 64.7 years2014: 64 years2015: 63.1 years2016: 63.8 years2017: 64 years2018: 64.6 years2019: 64.4 years2020: 62.6 years2021: 62.2 years
Change over the period: +0.2 (+0.28%) Average annual rate: 0.01 %

Comparison, 2021

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

El Salvador 62.2 years
World computed 62.2 years
Latin America & Caribbean computed 62.4 years
Central America computed 61.6 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 58.8 years
Healthy life expectancy — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 62.2 −0.4 −0.61%
2020 62.6 −1.8 −2.81%
2019 64.4 −0.3 −0.4%
2018 64.6 +0.7 +1.07%
2017 64 +0.2 +0.26%
2016 63.8 +0.7 +1.06%
2015 63.1 −0.9 −1.38%
2014 64 −0.7 −1.05%
2013 64.7 −0.3 −0.47%
2012 65 +0.6 +0.93%
2011 64.4 +0 +0.02%
2010 64.4 +0.5 +0.77%
2009 63.9 −0.3 −0.5%
2008 64.2 +0.2 +0.37%
2007 64 +0.4 +0.6%
2006 63.6 +0.2 +0.35%
2005 63.4 +0.1 +0.13%
2004 63.3 +0.2 +0.24%
2003 63.1 −0.2 −0.24%
2002 63.3 +1.2 +1.93%
2001 62.1 +0.1 +0.11%
2000 62

Central America, 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.