Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Republic of the Congo

Healthy life expectancy in the Republic of the Congo in 2021 — 54.8 years. Ranked 158 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 20.4%.

2021 54.8 years −0.42% vs 2020
World rank 158of 185
Period maximum 55.1 years2020
Period minimum 45.5 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Republic of the Congo, 2000–20214547.55052.55557.5200020032006200920122015201820212000: 45.5 years2001: 46.3 years2002: 46.9 years2003: 47.5 years2004: 48.2 years2005: 49.2 years2006: 50.1 years2007: 50.7 years2008: 51.6 years2009: 52.3 years2010: 52.8 years2011: 53.2 years2012: 53.3 years2013: 53.5 years2014: 53.7 years2015: 54.1 years2016: 54.5 years2017: 54.7 years2018: 54.9 years2019: 54.7 years2020: 55.1 years2021: 54.8 years
Change over the period: +9.3 (+20.45%) Average annual rate: 0.89 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 54.8 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Middle Africa computed 53.2 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 58.8 years
Healthy life expectancy — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 54.8 −0.2 −0.42%
2020 55.1 +0.4 +0.73%
2019 54.7 −0.3 −0.47%
2018 54.9 +0.2 +0.35%
2017 54.7 +0.2 +0.44%
2016 54.5 +0.4 +0.8%
2015 54.1 +0.4 +0.68%
2014 53.7 +0.2 +0.38%
2013 53.5 +0.2 +0.37%
2012 53.3 +0.1 +0.18%
2011 53.2 +0.4 +0.85%
2010 52.8 +0.5 +0.87%
2009 52.3 +0.7 +1.45%
2008 51.6 +0.8 +1.67%
2007 50.7 +0.6 +1.3%
2006 50.1 +0.9 +1.78%
2005 49.2 +0.9 +1.95%
2004 48.2 +0.8 +1.63%
2003 47.5 +0.6 +1.29%
2002 46.9 +0.6 +1.26%
2001 46.3 +0.8 +1.65%
2000 45.5

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.