Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Iceland

Healthy life expectancy in Iceland in 2021 — 71.4 years. Ranked 4 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.2%.

2021 71.4 years +0.01% vs 2020
World rank 4of 185
Period maximum 71.4 years2019
Period minimum 69.1 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Iceland, 2000–202169707172200020032006200920122015201820212000: 69.1 years2001: 69.4 years2002: 69.6 years2003: 69.8 years2004: 70 years2005: 70.1 years2006: 70.2 years2007: 70.3 years2008: 70.4 years2009: 70.6 years2010: 70.7 years2011: 70.8 years2012: 71 years2013: 71 years2014: 71.1 years2015: 71.1 years2016: 71.2 years2017: 71.3 years2018: 71.3 years2019: 71.4 years2020: 71.4 years2021: 71.4 years
Change over the period: +2.2 (+3.22%) Average annual rate: 0.15 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Iceland 71.4 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 — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 71.4 +0 +0.01%
2020 71.4 −0 −0.04%
2019 71.4 +0.1 +0.09%
2018 71.3 +0.1 +0.11%
2017 71.3 +0.1 +0.13%
2016 71.2 +0 +0.06%
2015 71.1 +0 +0.05%
2014 71.1 +0 +0.05%
2013 71 +0.1 +0.12%
2012 71 +0.1 +0.16%
2011 70.8 +0.1 +0.2%
2010 70.7 +0.1 +0.2%
2009 70.6 +0.2 +0.22%
2008 70.4 +0.1 +0.17%
2007 70.3 +0.1 +0.14%
2006 70.2 +0.1 +0.17%
2005 70.1 +0.1 +0.15%
2004 70 +0.2 +0.22%
2003 69.8 +0.2 +0.3%
2002 69.6 +0.2 +0.34%
2001 69.4 +0.2 +0.33%
2000 69.1

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.