Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Estonia

Healthy life expectancy in Estonia in 2021 — 66.7 years. Ranked 37 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.9%.

2021 66.7 years −1.96% vs 2020
World rank 37of 185
Period maximum 68.4 years2019
Period minimum 61.8 years2001

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Estonia, 2000–2021606264666870200020032006200920122015201820212000: 61.9 years2001: 61.8 years2002: 62.1 years2003: 62.7 years2004: 63 years2005: 63.5 years2006: 63.7 years2007: 63.8 years2008: 64.7 years2009: 65.3 years2010: 66 years2011: 66.3 years2012: 66.4 years2013: 67 years2014: 67 years2015: 67.4 years2016: 67.5 years2017: 67.9 years2018: 68 years2019: 68.4 years2020: 68.1 years2021: 66.7 years
Change over the period: +4.9 (+7.9%) Average annual rate: 0.36 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Estonia 66.7 years
World computed 62.2 years
Europe & Central Asia computed 66.2 years
Northern Europe computed 69 years
High-income countries computed 67.3 years
Healthy life expectancy — Estonia, by year Estonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 66.7 −1.3 −1.96%
2020 68.1 −0.3 −0.43%
2019 68.4 +0.4 +0.59%
2018 68 +0.1 +0.15%
2017 67.9 +0.4 +0.6%
2016 67.5 +0 +0.06%
2015 67.4 +0.4 +0.62%
2014 67 +0 +0.07%
2013 67 +0.5 +0.77%
2012 66.4 +0.1 +0.16%
2011 66.3 +0.3 +0.49%
2010 66 +0.7 +1.02%
2009 65.3 +0.7 +1.01%
2008 64.7 +0.9 +1.45%
2007 63.8 +0.1 +0.18%
2006 63.7 +0.1 +0.22%
2005 63.5 +0.5 +0.83%
2004 63 +0.3 +0.52%
2003 62.7 +0.6 +0.98%
2002 62.1 +0.3 +0.47%
2001 61.8 −0.1 −0.13%
2000 61.9

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.