Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Puerto Rico

Healthy life expectancy in Puerto Rico in 2021 — 68.8 years. Ranked 27 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4%.

2021 68.8 years −0.06% vs 2020
World rank 27of 185
Period maximum 69.6 years2018
Period minimum 66.2 years2001

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Puerto Rico, 2000–20216667686970200020032006200920122015201820212000: 66.2 years2001: 66.2 years2002: 66.8 years2003: 67 years2004: 67.1 years2005: 67.2 years2006: 67.5 years2007: 67.7 years2008: 67.9 years2009: 67.8 years2010: 68.3 years2011: 68 years2012: 68.5 years2013: 68.6 years2014: 69 years2015: 69.4 years2016: 69.2 years2017: 67.8 years2018: 69.6 years2019: 69.4 years2020: 68.9 years2021: 68.8 years
Change over the period: +2.6 (+3.97%) Average annual rate: 0.19 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Puerto Rico 68.8 years
World computed 62.2 years
Latin America & Caribbean computed 62.4 years
High-income countries computed 67.3 years
Healthy life expectancy — Puerto Rico, by year Puerto Rico All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 68.8 −0 −0.06%
2020 68.9 −0.6 −0.83%
2019 69.4 −0.2 −0.23%
2018 69.6 +1.8 +2.67%
2017 67.8 −1.4 −2.06%
2016 69.2 −0.2 −0.29%
2015 69.4 +0.5 +0.67%
2014 69 +0.4 +0.57%
2013 68.6 +0 +0.06%
2012 68.5 +0.6 +0.83%
2011 68 −0.3 −0.51%
2010 68.3 +0.5 +0.71%
2009 67.8 −0.1 −0.1%
2008 67.9 +0.2 +0.24%
2007 67.7 +0.2 +0.28%
2006 67.5 +0.3 +0.5%
2005 67.2 +0.1 +0.13%
2004 67.1 +0.1 +0.1%
2003 67 +0.2 +0.31%
2002 66.8 +0.7 +0.99%
2001 66.2 −0 −0.02%
2000 66.2

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.