Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Latvia

Healthy life expectancy in Latvia in 2021 — 63.8 years. Ranked 78 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4.2%.

2021 63.8 years −3.11% vs 2020
World rank 78of 185
Period maximum 66 years2019
Period minimum 60.9 years2001

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Latvia, 2000–20216062646668200020032006200920122015201820212000: 61.2 years2001: 60.9 years2002: 61.2 years2003: 61.7 years2004: 61.9 years2005: 61.7 years2006: 61.7 years2007: 62 years2008: 62.9 years2009: 63.5 years2010: 63.7 years2011: 64.4 years2012: 64.6 years2013: 64.8 years2014: 65 years2015: 65.4 years2016: 65.5 years2017: 65.5 years2018: 65.5 years2019: 66 years2020: 65.8 years2021: 63.8 years
Change over the period: +2.6 (+4.18%) Average annual rate: 0.2 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Latvia 63.8 years
World computed 62.2 years
Europe & Central Asia computed 66.2 years
Northern Europe computed 69 years
High-income countries computed 67.3 years
Healthy life expectancy — Latvia, by year Latvia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 63.8 −2 −3.11%
2020 65.8 −0.2 −0.32%
2019 66 +0.5 +0.72%
2018 65.5 +0.1 +0.1%
2017 65.5 +0 +0%
2016 65.5 +0.1 +0.18%
2015 65.4 +0.3 +0.49%
2014 65 +0.3 +0.39%
2013 64.8 +0.2 +0.35%
2012 64.6 +0.2 +0.3%
2011 64.4 +0.6 +0.98%
2010 63.7 +0.2 +0.33%
2009 63.5 +0.7 +1.05%
2008 62.9 +0.9 +1.42%
2007 62 +0.3 +0.55%
2006 61.7 −0.1 −0.09%
2005 61.7 −0.2 −0.32%
2004 61.9 +0.3 +0.43%
2003 61.7 +0.4 +0.72%
2002 61.2 +0.3 +0.47%
2001 60.9 −0.3 −0.45%
2000 61.2

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.