Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Malawi

Healthy life expectancy in Malawi in 2021 — 54.7 years. Ranked 159 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 40.1%.

2021 54.7 years −1.87% vs 2020
World rank 159of 185
Period maximum 55.7 years2020
Period minimum 39 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Malawi, 2000–2021354045505560200020032006200920122015201820212000: 39 years2001: 39.7 years2002: 40.5 years2003: 41.4 years2004: 42.3 years2005: 43.4 years2006: 44.8 years2007: 46.2 years2008: 47.7 years2009: 48.9 years2010: 49.9 years2011: 51 years2012: 52.1 years2013: 53.1 years2014: 53.8 years2015: 54.3 years2016: 54.6 years2017: 54.9 years2018: 55.3 years2019: 55.5 years2020: 55.7 years2021: 54.7 years
Change over the period: +15.7 (+40.14%) Average annual rate: 1.62 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Malawi 54.7 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Eastern Africa computed 56.2 years
Low-income countries computed 55.4 years
Healthy life expectancy — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 54.7 −1 −1.87%
2020 55.7 +0.2 +0.31%
2019 55.5 +0.3 +0.51%
2018 55.3 +0.3 +0.61%
2017 54.9 +0.3 +0.6%
2016 54.6 +0.3 +0.62%
2015 54.3 +0.4 +0.8%
2014 53.8 +0.7 +1.3%
2013 53.1 +1 +1.93%
2012 52.1 +1.1 +2.25%
2011 51 +1 +2.1%
2010 49.9 +1 +2.03%
2009 48.9 +1.3 +2.7%
2008 47.7 +1.5 +3.22%
2007 46.2 +1.4 +3.07%
2006 44.8 +1.3 +3.1%
2005 43.4 +1.1 +2.71%
2004 42.3 +0.9 +2.14%
2003 41.4 +0.9 +2.18%
2002 40.5 +0.8 +2.05%
2001 39.7 +0.7 +1.81%
2000 39

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.