Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Kenya

Healthy life expectancy in Kenya in 2021 — 58.2 years. Ranked 135 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 23.5%.

2021 58.2 years −0.26% vs 2020
World rank 135of 185
Period maximum 58.4 years2020
Period minimum 47.2 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Kenya, 2000–202145505560200020032006200920122015201820212000: 47.2 years2001: 47.4 years2002: 47.6 years2003: 48 years2004: 48.5 years2005: 49.3 years2006: 50.3 years2007: 51.2 years2008: 52.1 years2009: 53 years2010: 53.7 years2011: 54.3 years2012: 54.9 years2013: 55.4 years2014: 55.8 years2015: 56.4 years2016: 57 years2017: 57.5 years2018: 57.9 years2019: 58.2 years2020: 58.4 years2021: 58.2 years
Change over the period: +11.1 (+23.46%) Average annual rate: 1.01 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Kenya 58.2 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Eastern Africa computed 56.2 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 58.8 years
Healthy life expectancy — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 58.2 −0.2 −0.26%
2020 58.4 +0.1 +0.21%
2019 58.2 +0.4 +0.62%
2018 57.9 +0.4 +0.66%
2017 57.5 +0.5 +0.85%
2016 57 +0.6 +1.1%
2015 56.4 +0.6 +1.04%
2014 55.8 +0.5 +0.84%
2013 55.4 +0.5 +0.82%
2012 54.9 +0.6 +1.04%
2011 54.3 +0.6 +1.16%
2010 53.7 +0.7 +1.33%
2009 53 +0.9 +1.76%
2008 52.1 +0.9 +1.66%
2007 51.2 +1 +1.94%
2006 50.3 +0.9 +1.92%
2005 49.3 +0.8 +1.62%
2004 48.5 +0.6 +1.17%
2003 48 +0.3 +0.7%
2002 47.6 +0.3 +0.56%
2001 47.4 +0.2 +0.49%
2000 47.2

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.