Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Namibia

Healthy life expectancy in Namibia in 2021 — 52.8 years. Ranked 173 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.1%.

2021 52.8 years −5.2% vs 2020
World rank 173of 185
Period maximum 55.7 years2020
Period minimum 45.4 years2003

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Namibia, 2000–202145505560200020032006200920122015201820212000: 46.7 years2001: 46.2 years2002: 45.7 years2003: 45.4 years2004: 45.6 years2005: 46.6 years2006: 48.1 years2007: 49.9 years2008: 51.4 years2009: 52.1 years2010: 52.7 years2011: 53.3 years2012: 53.8 years2013: 54.1 years2014: 54.2 years2015: 54.1 years2016: 54.3 years2017: 54.6 years2018: 55 years2019: 55.5 years2020: 55.7 years2021: 52.8 years
Change over the period: +6.1 (+13.06%) Average annual rate: 0.59 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Namibia 52.8 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Southern Africa computed 52.4 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 65.5 years
Healthy life expectancy — Namibia, by year Namibia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 52.8 −2.9 −5.2%
2020 55.7 +0.2 +0.34%
2019 55.5 +0.6 +1.03%
2018 55 +0.4 +0.72%
2017 54.6 +0.3 +0.5%
2016 54.3 +0.2 +0.32%
2015 54.1 −0.1 −0.11%
2014 54.2 +0.1 +0.11%
2013 54.1 +0.3 +0.61%
2012 53.8 +0.5 +0.94%
2011 53.3 +0.6 +1.2%
2010 52.7 +0.5 +1.03%
2009 52.1 +0.7 +1.45%
2008 51.4 +1.5 +3.01%
2007 49.9 +1.8 +3.67%
2006 48.1 +1.5 +3.26%
2005 46.6 +1 +2.14%
2004 45.6 +0.2 +0.46%
2003 45.4 −0.3 −0.62%
2002 45.7 −0.5 −1.1%
2001 46.2 −0.5 −1.13%
2000 46.7

Southern Africa, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.