Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Guinea-Bissau

Healthy life expectancy in Guinea-Bissau in 2021 — 51.5 years. Ranked 177 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 17.1%.

2021 51.5 years +0.46% vs 2020
World rank 177of 185
Period maximum 51.8 years2019
Period minimum 43.9 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Guinea-Bissau, 2000–2021424446485052200020032006200920122015201820212000: 43.9 years2001: 44.3 years2002: 44.7 years2003: 45.2 years2004: 45.5 years2005: 45.9 years2006: 46.4 years2007: 47 years2008: 47.6 years2009: 48.1 years2010: 48.6 years2011: 49.1 years2012: 49.6 years2013: 49.9 years2014: 50.2 years2015: 50.5 years2016: 50.9 years2017: 51.2 years2018: 51.5 years2019: 51.8 years2020: 51.2 years2021: 51.5 years
Change over the period: +7.5 (+17.08%) Average annual rate: 0.75 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau 51.5 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Western Africa computed 55.1 years
Low-income countries computed 55.4 years
Healthy life expectancy — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 51.5 +0.2 +0.46%
2020 51.2 −0.6 −1.14%
2019 51.8 +0.3 +0.66%
2018 51.5 +0.3 +0.49%
2017 51.2 +0.3 +0.61%
2016 50.9 +0.4 +0.79%
2015 50.5 +0.3 +0.68%
2014 50.2 +0.2 +0.46%
2013 49.9 +0.4 +0.77%
2012 49.6 +0.4 +0.89%
2011 49.1 +0.5 +1.07%
2010 48.6 +0.5 +1.1%
2009 48.1 +0.4 +0.93%
2008 47.6 +0.6 +1.33%
2007 47 +0.6 +1.34%
2006 46.4 +0.5 +1%
2005 45.9 +0.4 +0.9%
2004 45.5 +0.4 +0.78%
2003 45.2 +0.4 +0.9%
2002 44.7 +0.4 +0.91%
2001 44.3 +0.4 +0.91%
2000 43.9

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.