Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Iraq

Healthy life expectancy in Iraq in 2021 — 61 years. Ranked 113 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.2%.

2021 61 years +1.13% vs 2020
World rank 113of 185
Period maximum 62.5 years2018
Period minimum 58.1 years2006

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Iraq, 2000–202158606264200020032006200920122015201820212000: 59.7 years2001: 60 years2002: 60.2 years2003: 59.2 years2004: 59.3 years2005: 59 years2006: 58.1 years2007: 58.2 years2008: 59.9 years2009: 60.6 years2010: 61 years2011: 61.2 years2012: 61.4 years2013: 61 years2014: 60.2 years2015: 60.8 years2016: 60.9 years2017: 61.2 years2018: 62.5 years2019: 62.4 years2020: 60.3 years2021: 61 years
Change over the period: +1.3 (+2.23%) Average annual rate: 0.1 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Iraq 61 years
World computed 62.2 years
Middle East & North Africa computed 62.6 years
Western Asia computed 63.4 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 65.5 years
Healthy life expectancy — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 61 +0.7 +1.13%
2020 60.3 −2.1 −3.32%
2019 62.4 −0.1 −0.13%
2018 62.5 +1.2 +2.02%
2017 61.2 +0.4 +0.63%
2016 60.9 +0.1 +0.13%
2015 60.8 +0.6 +1.03%
2014 60.2 −0.9 −1.42%
2013 61 −0.4 −0.6%
2012 61.4 +0.2 +0.3%
2011 61.2 +0.3 +0.45%
2010 61 +0.4 +0.62%
2009 60.6 +0.7 +1.13%
2008 59.9 +1.7 +2.87%
2007 58.2 +0.1 +0.19%
2006 58.1 −0.9 −1.48%
2005 59 −0.3 −0.55%
2004 59.3 +0.1 +0.19%
2003 59.2 −0.9 −1.56%
2002 60.2 +0.2 +0.33%
2001 60 +0.3 +0.45%
2000 59.7

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.