Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Malaysia

Healthy life expectancy in Malaysia in 2021 — 63.9 years. Ranked 71 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.3%.

2021 63.9 years −4.56% vs 2020
World rank 71of 185
Period maximum 67 years2020
Period minimum 63.9 years2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Malaysia, 2000–20216364656667200020032006200920122015201820212000: 64.1 years2001: 64.5 years2002: 64.8 years2003: 64.7 years2004: 64.8 years2005: 65.1 years2006: 65.2 years2007: 65.4 years2008: 65.2 years2009: 65.1 years2010: 65.1 years2011: 65.2 years2012: 65.5 years2013: 65.6 years2014: 65.5 years2015: 65.2 years2016: 65.3 years2017: 65.3 years2018: 65.4 years2019: 65.5 years2020: 67 years2021: 63.9 years
Change over the period: −0.2 (−0.29%) Average annual rate: -0.01 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Malaysia 63.9 years
World computed 62.2 years
East Asia & Pacific computed 66.9 years
South-Eastern Asia computed 61.8 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 65.5 years
Healthy life expectancy — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 63.9 −3.1 −4.56%
2020 67 +1.5 +2.31%
2019 65.5 +0.1 +0.17%
2018 65.4 +0.1 +0.14%
2017 65.3 −0 −0.02%
2016 65.3 +0.1 +0.14%
2015 65.2 −0.3 −0.44%
2014 65.5 −0.1 −0.1%
2013 65.6 +0.1 +0.11%
2012 65.5 +0.3 +0.41%
2011 65.2 +0.1 +0.22%
2010 65.1 +0 +0.02%
2009 65.1 −0.1 −0.19%
2008 65.2 −0.2 −0.25%
2007 65.4 +0.1 +0.17%
2006 65.2 +0.2 +0.29%
2005 65.1 +0.2 +0.31%
2004 64.8 +0.2 +0.28%
2003 64.7 −0.1 −0.14%
2002 64.8 +0.2 +0.35%
2001 64.5 +0.4 +0.62%
2000 64.1

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.