Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — OPEC

Healthy life expectancy in OPEC in 2021 — 59.8 years. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.8%.

2021 59.8 years +0.3% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 60.6 years2019
Period minimum 56 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — OPEC, 2000–20215456586062200020032006200920122015201820212000: 56 years2001: 56.2 years2002: 56.5 years2003: 56.5 years2004: 57 years2005: 57.4 years2006: 57.6 years2007: 58 years2008: 58.4 years2009: 58.8 years2010: 59.1 years2011: 59.3 years2012: 59.6 years2013: 59.8 years2014: 59.8 years2015: 60 years2016: 60.1 years2017: 60.3 years2018: 60.5 years2019: 60.6 years2020: 59.6 years2021: 59.8 years
Change over the period: +3.8 (+6.76%) Average annual rate: 0.31 %

Comparison, 2021

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

OPEC 59.8 years
World computed 62.2 years
Healthy life expectancy — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 59.8 +0.2 +0.3%
2020 59.6 −1.1 −1.73%
2019 60.6 +0.1 +0.22%
2018 60.5 +0.2 +0.4%
2017 60.3 +0.2 +0.34%
2016 60.1 +0.1 +0.12%
2015 60 +0.2 +0.3%
2014 59.8 +0 +0.03%
2013 59.8 +0.2 +0.31%
2012 59.6 +0.3 +0.48%
2011 59.3 +0.2 +0.41%
2010 59.1 +0.3 +0.52%
2009 58.8 +0.4 +0.66%
2008 58.4 +0.4 +0.75%
2007 58 +0.3 +0.57%
2006 57.6 +0.2 +0.43%
2005 57.4 +0.3 +0.59%
2004 57 +0.5 +0.95%
2003 56.5 +0 +0.01%
2002 56.5 +0.3 +0.48%
2001 56.2 +0.2 +0.43%
2000 56

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.