Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Gabon

Healthy life expectancy in Gabon in 2021 — 56.3 years. Ranked 149 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.4%.

2021 56.3 years −0.24% vs 2020
World rank 149of 185
Period maximum 56.4 years2020
Period minimum 50 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Gabon, 2000–20215052545658200020032006200920122015201820212000: 50 years2001: 50.1 years2002: 50.4 years2003: 50.5 years2004: 51 years2005: 51.8 years2006: 52.3 years2007: 52.6 years2008: 52.7 years2009: 53.1 years2010: 53.5 years2011: 53.8 years2012: 54.3 years2013: 54.9 years2014: 55.3 years2015: 55.5 years2016: 55.8 years2017: 56 years2018: 56.1 years2019: 56.4 years2020: 56.4 years2021: 56.3 years
Change over the period: +6.2 (+12.44%) Average annual rate: 0.56 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Gabon 56.3 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Middle Africa computed 53.2 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 65.5 years
Healthy life expectancy — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 56.3 −0.1 −0.24%
2020 56.4 +0 +0.03%
2019 56.4 +0.2 +0.42%
2018 56.1 +0.2 +0.27%
2017 56 +0.2 +0.41%
2016 55.8 +0.2 +0.4%
2015 55.5 +0.2 +0.39%
2014 55.3 +0.5 +0.82%
2013 54.9 +0.5 +0.98%
2012 54.3 +0.5 +0.95%
2011 53.8 +0.3 +0.58%
2010 53.5 +0.4 +0.8%
2009 53.1 +0.4 +0.7%
2008 52.7 +0.1 +0.25%
2007 52.6 +0.3 +0.6%
2006 52.3 +0.5 +0.97%
2005 51.8 +0.8 +1.59%
2004 51 +0.4 +0.85%
2003 50.5 +0.2 +0.33%
2002 50.4 +0.3 +0.59%
2001 50.1 +0 +0.05%
2000 50

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.