Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Middle East & North Africa

Healthy life expectancy in Middle East & North Africa in 2021 — 62.6 years. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.7%.

2021 62.6 years −0.51% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 64.2 years2019
Period minimum 61.5 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Middle East & North Africa, 2000–20216162636465200020032006200920122015201820212000: 61.5 years2001: 61.7 years2002: 61.8 years2003: 61.8 years2004: 62.2 years2005: 62.4 years2006: 62.4 years2007: 62.7 years2008: 62.9 years2009: 63.2 years2010: 63.4 years2011: 63.5 years2012: 63.3 years2013: 63.5 years2014: 63.3 years2015: 63.3 years2016: 63.5 years2017: 63.6 years2018: 63.9 years2019: 64.2 years2020: 62.9 years2021: 62.6 years
Change over the period: +1 (+1.66%) Average annual rate: 0.08 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 62.6 years
World computed 62.2 years
Healthy life expectancy — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 62.6 −0.3 −0.51%
2020 62.9 −1.3 −2.02%
2019 64.2 +0.3 +0.41%
2018 63.9 +0.3 +0.44%
2017 63.6 +0.2 +0.24%
2016 63.5 +0.2 +0.26%
2015 63.3 +0 +0.04%
2014 63.3 −0.2 −0.3%
2013 63.5 +0.2 +0.34%
2012 63.3 −0.2 −0.31%
2011 63.5 +0.1 +0.14%
2010 63.4 +0.2 +0.35%
2009 63.2 +0.2 +0.36%
2008 62.9 +0.3 +0.43%
2007 62.7 +0.2 +0.38%
2006 62.4 +0.1 +0.14%
2005 62.4 +0.2 +0.31%
2004 62.2 +0.4 +0.64%
2003 61.8 −0.1 −0.12%
2002 61.8 +0.1 +0.24%
2001 61.7 +0.1 +0.23%
2000 61.5

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.