Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — G7

Healthy life expectancy in the G7 in 2021 — 67.7 years. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.5%.

2021 67.7 years −0.43% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 69 years2014
Period minimum 67.4 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — G7, 2000–20216767.56868.56969.5200020032006200920122015201820212000: 67.4 years2001: 67.5 years2002: 67.6 years2003: 67.7 years2004: 68 years2005: 68 years2006: 68.2 years2007: 68.4 years2008: 68.5 years2009: 68.7 years2010: 68.8 years2011: 68.8 years2012: 68.9 years2013: 68.9 years2014: 69 years2015: 68.9 years2016: 68.9 years2017: 68.9 years2018: 68.9 years2019: 69 years2020: 68 years2021: 67.7 years
Change over the period: +0.3 (+0.49%) Average annual rate: 0.02 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 67.7 years
World computed 62.2 years
Healthy life expectancy — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 67.7 −0.3 −0.43%
2020 68 −0.9 −1.38%
2019 69 +0.1 +0.15%
2018 68.9 +0 +0%
2017 68.9 −0 −0.07%
2016 68.9 +0 +0.05%
2015 68.9 −0.1 −0.21%
2014 69 +0.1 +0.16%
2013 68.9 +0 +0.04%
2012 68.9 +0.1 +0.15%
2011 68.8 +0 +0.06%
2010 68.8 +0.1 +0.16%
2009 68.7 +0.2 +0.29%
2008 68.5 +0.1 +0.1%
2007 68.4 +0.1 +0.2%
2006 68.2 +0.2 +0.36%
2005 68 +0 +0.01%
2004 68 +0.3 +0.48%
2003 67.7 +0 +0.06%
2002 67.6 +0.1 +0.14%
2001 67.5 +0.1 +0.17%
2000 67.4

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.