Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Mauritania

Healthy life expectancy in Mauritania in 2021 — 60.4 years. Ranked 120 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 9.4%.

2021 60.4 years −0.26% vs 2020
World rank 120of 185
Period maximum 61.6 years2019
Period minimum 55.2 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Mauritania, 2000–20215456586062200020032006200920122015201820212000: 55.2 years2001: 55.7 years2002: 56.3 years2003: 56.8 years2004: 57.3 years2005: 57.8 years2006: 58.4 years2007: 58.8 years2008: 59.3 years2009: 59.7 years2010: 60 years2011: 60.3 years2012: 60.6 years2013: 60.7 years2014: 60.8 years2015: 61 years2016: 61.1 years2017: 61.3 years2018: 61.4 years2019: 61.6 years2020: 60.6 years2021: 60.4 years
Change over the period: +5.2 (+9.38%) Average annual rate: 0.43 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Mauritania 60.4 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Western Africa computed 55.1 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 58.8 years
Healthy life expectancy — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 60.4 −0.2 −0.26%
2020 60.6 −1 −1.69%
2019 61.6 +0.2 +0.26%
2018 61.4 +0.2 +0.26%
2017 61.3 +0.1 +0.22%
2016 61.1 +0.2 +0.29%
2015 61 +0.2 +0.25%
2014 60.8 +0.1 +0.12%
2013 60.7 +0.1 +0.21%
2012 60.6 +0.3 +0.45%
2011 60.3 +0.3 +0.53%
2010 60 +0.3 +0.57%
2009 59.7 +0.4 +0.7%
2008 59.3 +0.5 +0.8%
2007 58.8 +0.4 +0.74%
2006 58.4 +0.6 +1.06%
2005 57.8 +0.4 +0.76%
2004 57.3 +0.5 +0.86%
2003 56.8 +0.6 +1%
2002 56.3 +0.6 +1.01%
2001 55.7 +0.5 +0.88%
2000 55.2

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.