Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Iran

Healthy life expectancy in Iran in 2021 — 64 years. Ranked 70 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.2%.

2021 64 years −0.76% vs 2020
World rank 70of 185
Period maximum 66.6 years2019
Period minimum 63.1 years2003

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Iran, 2000–20216364656667200020032006200920122015201820212000: 63.2 years2001: 63.4 years2002: 63.6 years2003: 63.1 years2004: 64 years2005: 64.3 years2006: 64.5 years2007: 64.8 years2008: 65 years2009: 65.2 years2010: 65.5 years2011: 65.7 years2012: 65.9 years2013: 66 years2014: 66.1 years2015: 66.1 years2016: 66.2 years2017: 66.3 years2018: 66.5 years2019: 66.6 years2020: 64.5 years2021: 64 years
Change over the period: +0.7 (+1.18%) Average annual rate: 0.06 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Iran 64 years
World computed 62.2 years
Middle East & North Africa computed 62.6 years
Southern Asia computed 58.6 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 58.8 years
Healthy life expectancy — Iran, by year Iran All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 64 −0.5 −0.76%
2020 64.5 −2.1 −3.14%
2019 66.6 +0.1 +0.13%
2018 66.5 +0.2 +0.27%
2017 66.3 +0.1 +0.16%
2016 66.2 +0.1 +0.15%
2015 66.1 +0 +0.01%
2014 66.1 +0.1 +0.14%
2013 66 +0.1 +0.14%
2012 65.9 +0.2 +0.26%
2011 65.7 +0.2 +0.36%
2010 65.5 +0.2 +0.37%
2009 65.2 +0.2 +0.34%
2008 65 +0.2 +0.38%
2007 64.8 +0.3 +0.39%
2006 64.5 +0.2 +0.36%
2005 64.3 +0.2 +0.37%
2004 64 +1 +1.52%
2003 63.1 −0.6 −0.88%
2002 63.6 +0.2 +0.31%
2001 63.4 +0.2 +0.34%
2000 63.2

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.