Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Jamaica

Healthy life expectancy in Jamaica in 2021 — 61.7 years. Ranked 105 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3%.

2021 61.7 years −3.19% vs 2020
World rank 105of 185
Period maximum 65.3 years2006
Period minimum 61.4 years2007

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Jamaica, 2000–2021616263646566200020032006200920122015201820212000: 63.6 years2001: 63.5 years2002: 64.2 years2003: 64.6 years2004: 64.8 years2005: 62.8 years2006: 65.3 years2007: 61.4 years2008: 62.3 years2009: 63.5 years2010: 65 years2011: 64 years2012: 65.1 years2013: 65.2 years2014: 64.4 years2015: 63.6 years2016: 63.6 years2017: 63.6 years2018: 63.8 years2019: 63.6 years2020: 63.8 years2021: 61.7 years
Change over the period: −1.9 (−2.98%) Average annual rate: -0.14 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Jamaica 61.7 years
World computed 62.2 years
Latin America & Caribbean computed 62.4 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 65.5 years
Healthy life expectancy — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 61.7 −2 −3.19%
2020 63.8 +0.2 +0.32%
2019 63.6 −0.2 −0.36%
2018 63.8 +0.1 +0.23%
2017 63.6 −0 −0.01%
2016 63.6 +0 +0.06%
2015 63.6 −0.8 −1.27%
2014 64.4 −0.7 −1.14%
2013 65.2 +0 +0.04%
2012 65.1 +1.1 +1.74%
2011 64 −0.9 −1.43%
2010 65 +1.5 +2.32%
2009 63.5 +1.2 +1.94%
2008 62.3 +0.8 +1.36%
2007 61.4 −3.9 −5.95%
2006 65.3 +2.5 +3.94%
2005 62.8 −1.9 −2.98%
2004 64.8 +0.2 +0.32%
2003 64.6 +0.3 +0.54%
2002 64.2 +0.7 +1.1%
2001 63.5 −0.1 −0.13%
2000 63.6

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.