Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Papua New Guinea

Healthy life expectancy in Papua New Guinea in 2021 — 57.5 years. Ranked 141 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.4%.

2021 57.5 years −1.27% vs 2020
World rank 141of 185
Period maximum 58.5 years2019
Period minimum 55.6 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Papua New Guinea, 2000–20215556575859200020032006200920122015201820212000: 55.6 years2001: 55.6 years2002: 55.7 years2003: 55.8 years2004: 55.9 years2005: 56 years2006: 56 years2007: 56.3 years2008: 56.5 years2009: 56.7 years2010: 56.9 years2011: 57.1 years2012: 57.2 years2013: 57.5 years2014: 57.7 years2015: 57.9 years2016: 58.1 years2017: 58.2 years2018: 58.3 years2019: 58.5 years2020: 58.2 years2021: 57.5 years
Change over the period: +1.9 (+3.44%) Average annual rate: 0.16 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 57.5 years
World computed 62.2 years
East Asia & Pacific computed 66.9 years
Melanesia computed 57.5 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 58.8 years
Healthy life expectancy — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 57.5 −0.7 −1.27%
2020 58.2 −0.3 −0.44%
2019 58.5 +0.1 +0.22%
2018 58.3 +0.1 +0.16%
2017 58.2 +0.2 +0.28%
2016 58.1 +0.2 +0.26%
2015 57.9 +0.2 +0.37%
2014 57.7 +0.2 +0.43%
2013 57.5 +0.3 +0.46%
2012 57.2 +0.1 +0.22%
2011 57.1 +0.1 +0.25%
2010 56.9 +0.2 +0.38%
2009 56.7 +0.2 +0.39%
2008 56.5 +0.2 +0.4%
2007 56.3 +0.2 +0.44%
2006 56 +0.1 +0.14%
2005 56 +0.1 +0.12%
2004 55.9 +0.1 +0.13%
2003 55.8 +0.1 +0.22%
2002 55.7 +0.1 +0.14%
2001 55.6 +0 +0.07%
2000 55.6

Melanesia, 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.