Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Samoa

Healthy life expectancy in Samoa in 2021 — 61.6 years. Ranked 106 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.5%.

2021 61.6 years −0.04% vs 2020
World rank 106of 185
Period maximum 62 years2007
Period minimum 60.5 years2009

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Samoa, 2000–20216060.56161.56262.5200020032006200920122015201820212000: 61.3 years2001: 61.4 years2002: 61.6 years2003: 61.7 years2004: 61.8 years2005: 61.9 years2006: 62 years2007: 62 years2008: 62 years2009: 60.5 years2010: 61.9 years2011: 61.9 years2012: 61.7 years2013: 61.7 years2014: 61.6 years2015: 61.5 years2016: 61.4 years2017: 61.5 years2018: 61.5 years2019: 61.4 years2020: 61.6 years2021: 61.6 years
Change over the period: +0.3 (+0.5%) Average annual rate: 0.02 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Samoa 61.6 years
World computed 62.2 years
East Asia & Pacific computed 66.9 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 58.8 years
Healthy life expectancy — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 61.6 −0 −0.04%
2020 61.6 +0.2 +0.29%
2019 61.4 −0.1 −0.18%
2018 61.5 +0.1 +0.12%
2017 61.5 +0 +0.06%
2016 61.4 −0.1 −0.14%
2015 61.5 −0.1 −0.16%
2014 61.6 −0.1 −0.16%
2013 61.7 −0 −0.06%
2012 61.7 −0.2 −0.32%
2011 61.9 −0 −0%
2010 61.9 +1.5 +2.45%
2009 60.5 −1.5 −2.48%
2008 62 −0 −0.01%
2007 62 +0 +0.03%
2006 62 +0.1 +0.22%
2005 61.9 +0.1 +0.09%
2004 61.8 +0.1 +0.19%
2003 61.7 +0.1 +0.21%
2002 61.6 +0.1 +0.24%
2001 61.4 +0.1 +0.23%
2000 61.3

Polynesia, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TO Tonga 63.8 WS Samoa 61.6

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.