Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Ethiopia

Healthy life expectancy in Ethiopia in 2021 — 58.8 years. Ranked 130 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 32.3%.

2021 58.8 years −1.63% vs 2020
World rank 130of 185
Period maximum 59.9 years2019
Period minimum 44.5 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Ethiopia, 2000–20214045505560200020032006200920122015201820212000: 44.5 years2001: 46.2 years2002: 47.1 years2003: 47.9 years2004: 48.8 years2005: 49.9 years2006: 50.9 years2007: 52.1 years2008: 53.2 years2009: 54.2 years2010: 55.1 years2011: 56 years2012: 56.7 years2013: 57.4 years2014: 58 years2015: 58.4 years2016: 58.9 years2017: 59.3 years2018: 59.6 years2019: 59.9 years2020: 59.8 years2021: 58.8 years
Change over the period: +14.4 (+32.34%) Average annual rate: 1.34 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Ethiopia 58.8 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Eastern Africa computed 56.2 years
Low-income countries computed 55.4 years
Healthy life expectancy — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 58.8 −1 −1.63%
2020 59.8 −0.1 −0.22%
2019 59.9 +0.3 +0.54%
2018 59.6 +0.3 +0.57%
2017 59.3 +0.4 +0.7%
2016 58.9 +0.4 +0.71%
2015 58.4 +0.5 +0.83%
2014 58 +0.6 +1%
2013 57.4 +0.7 +1.19%
2012 56.7 +0.7 +1.34%
2011 56 +0.9 +1.55%
2010 55.1 +0.9 +1.7%
2009 54.2 +1 +1.84%
2008 53.2 +1.1 +2.07%
2007 52.1 +1.2 +2.33%
2006 50.9 +1.1 +2.19%
2005 49.9 +1 +2.1%
2004 48.8 +0.9 +1.91%
2003 47.9 +0.9 +1.81%
2002 47.1 +0.9 +1.87%
2001 46.2 +1.7 +3.91%
2000 44.5

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.