Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Panama

Healthy life expectancy in Panama in 2021 — 66.7 years. Ranked 38 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.7%.

2021 66.7 years −0.21% vs 2020
World rank 38of 185
Period maximum 68.3 years2019
Period minimum 66.2 years2001

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Panama, 2000–202166676869200020032006200920122015201820212000: 66.2 years2001: 66.2 years2002: 66.4 years2003: 66.3 years2004: 66.5 years2005: 66.5 years2006: 66.7 years2007: 66.8 years2008: 66.8 years2009: 66.9 years2010: 66.8 years2011: 67.2 years2012: 67.1 years2013: 67.3 years2014: 67.4 years2015: 67.7 years2016: 67.8 years2017: 67.8 years2018: 68.1 years2019: 68.3 years2020: 66.9 years2021: 66.7 years
Change over the period: +0.5 (+0.74%) Average annual rate: 0.04 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Panama 66.7 years
World computed 62.2 years
Latin America & Caribbean computed 62.4 years
Central America computed 61.6 years
High-income countries computed 67.3 years
Healthy life expectancy — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 66.7 −0.1 −0.21%
2020 66.9 −1.4 −2.1%
2019 68.3 +0.2 +0.34%
2018 68.1 +0.2 +0.35%
2017 67.8 +0.1 +0.11%
2016 67.8 +0.1 +0.13%
2015 67.7 +0.3 +0.43%
2014 67.4 +0.1 +0.13%
2013 67.3 +0.2 +0.25%
2012 67.1 −0 −0.07%
2011 67.2 +0.4 +0.53%
2010 66.8 −0.1 −0.16%
2009 66.9 +0.1 +0.18%
2008 66.8 −0 −0.05%
2007 66.8 +0.2 +0.29%
2006 66.7 +0.2 +0.26%
2005 66.5 −0 −0.04%
2004 66.5 +0.2 +0.34%
2003 66.3 −0.1 −0.12%
2002 66.4 +0.1 +0.22%
2001 66.2 −0 −0.05%
2000 66.2

Central America, 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.