Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Laos

Healthy life expectancy in Laos in 2021 — 60.4 years. Ranked 119 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 16.8%.

2021 60.4 years −0.86% vs 2020
World rank 119of 185
Period maximum 60.9 years2020
Period minimum 51.7 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Laos, 2000–20215052.55557.56062.5200020032006200920122015201820212000: 51.7 years2001: 52.3 years2002: 52.9 years2003: 53.4 years2004: 53.9 years2005: 54.4 years2006: 55 years2007: 55.5 years2008: 56.1 years2009: 56.6 years2010: 57.2 years2011: 57.7 years2012: 58.1 years2013: 58.5 years2014: 59 years2015: 59.3 years2016: 59.7 years2017: 60.1 years2018: 60.3 years2019: 60.6 years2020: 60.9 years2021: 60.4 years
Change over the period: +8.7 (+16.77%) Average annual rate: 0.74 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Laos 60.4 years
World computed 62.2 years
East Asia & Pacific computed 66.9 years
South-Eastern Asia computed 61.8 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 58.8 years
Healthy life expectancy — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 60.4 −0.5 −0.86%
2020 60.9 +0.3 +0.56%
2019 60.6 +0.3 +0.42%
2018 60.3 +0.3 +0.46%
2017 60.1 +0.3 +0.55%
2016 59.7 +0.4 +0.66%
2015 59.3 +0.4 +0.66%
2014 59 +0.4 +0.71%
2013 58.5 +0.4 +0.69%
2012 58.1 +0.4 +0.75%
2011 57.7 +0.5 +0.94%
2010 57.2 +0.6 +0.98%
2009 56.6 +0.5 +0.98%
2008 56.1 +0.5 +0.96%
2007 55.5 +0.6 +1.02%
2006 55 +0.6 +1.03%
2005 54.4 +0.5 +1%
2004 53.9 +0.5 +0.88%
2003 53.4 +0.5 +0.96%
2002 52.9 +0.6 +1.19%
2001 52.3 +0.5 +1.05%
2000 51.7

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.