Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Romania

Healthy life expectancy in Romania in 2021 — 63.8 years. Ranked 74 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.5%.

2021 63.8 years −1.81% vs 2020
World rank 74of 185
Period maximum 66.2 years2019
Period minimum 62.2 years2002

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Romania, 2000–2021626364656667200020032006200920122015201820212000: 62.3 years2001: 62.4 years2002: 62.2 years2003: 62.5 years2004: 62.9 years2005: 63.3 years2006: 63.7 years2007: 64.1 years2008: 64.3 years2009: 64.4 years2010: 64.7 years2011: 65.3 years2012: 65.2 years2013: 65.7 years2014: 65.6 years2015: 65.7 years2016: 65.8 years2017: 65.9 years2018: 65.9 years2019: 66.2 years2020: 65 years2021: 63.8 years
Change over the period: +1.6 (+2.5%) Average annual rate: 0.12 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Romania 63.8 years
World computed 62.2 years
Europe & Central Asia computed 66.2 years
Eastern Europe computed 62.3 years
High-income countries computed 67.3 years
Healthy life expectancy — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 63.8 −1.2 −1.81%
2020 65 −1.2 −1.74%
2019 66.2 +0.3 +0.4%
2018 65.9 +0 +0.05%
2017 65.9 +0.1 +0.08%
2016 65.8 +0.1 +0.22%
2015 65.7 +0.1 +0.1%
2014 65.6 −0.1 −0.15%
2013 65.7 +0.5 +0.8%
2012 65.2 −0.1 −0.13%
2011 65.3 +0.6 +0.92%
2010 64.7 +0.2 +0.36%
2009 64.4 +0.1 +0.23%
2008 64.3 +0.2 +0.26%
2007 64.1 +0.5 +0.73%
2006 63.7 +0.4 +0.66%
2005 63.3 +0.3 +0.5%
2004 62.9 +0.4 +0.71%
2003 62.5 +0.3 +0.49%
2002 62.2 −0.2 −0.3%
2001 62.4 +0.1 +0.15%
2000 62.3

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.