Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Palestine

Healthy life expectancy in Palestine in 2021 — 62.9 years. Ranked 92 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.9%.

2021 62.9 years −2.35% vs 2020
World rank 92of 185
Period maximum 65.2 years2019
Period minimum 59.5 years2002

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Palestine, 2000–20215860626466200020032006200920122015201820212000: 60.6 years2001: 60.1 years2002: 59.5 years2003: 60.3 years2004: 60.2 years2005: 61 years2006: 59.9 years2007: 61.2 years2008: 59.6 years2009: 60 years2010: 62.7 years2011: 62.8 years2012: 63 years2013: 63.9 years2014: 63.9 years2015: 64.2 years2016: 64.5 years2017: 64.9 years2018: 65.1 years2019: 65.2 years2020: 64.4 years2021: 62.9 years
Change over the period: +2.4 (+3.9%) Average annual rate: 0.18 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Palestine 62.9 years
World computed 62.2 years
Middle East & North Africa computed 62.6 years
Western Asia computed 63.4 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 58.8 years
Healthy life expectancy — Palestine, by year Palestine All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 62.9 −1.5 −2.35%
2020 64.4 −0.7 −1.14%
2019 65.2 +0.1 +0.16%
2018 65.1 +0.2 +0.3%
2017 64.9 +0.4 +0.55%
2016 64.5 +0.3 +0.52%
2015 64.2 +0.3 +0.51%
2014 63.9 −0 −0.02%
2013 63.9 +0.9 +1.42%
2012 63 +0.2 +0.35%
2011 62.8 +0.1 +0.17%
2010 62.7 +2.7 +4.49%
2009 60 +0.3 +0.57%
2008 59.6 −1.6 −2.58%
2007 61.2 +1.3 +2.17%
2006 59.9 −1.1 −1.88%
2005 61 +0.9 +1.48%
2004 60.2 −0.1 −0.23%
2003 60.3 +0.8 +1.38%
2002 59.5 −0.6 −1.01%
2001 60.1 −0.5 −0.81%
2000 60.6

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.