Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Sao Tome and Principe

Healthy life expectancy in Sao Tome and Principe in 2021 — 62.4 years. Ranked 95 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.5%.

2021 62.4 years −0.12% vs 2020
World rank 95of 185
Period maximum 63 years2019
Period minimum 55.5 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Sao Tome and Principe, 2000–2021545658606264200020032006200920122015201820212000: 55.5 years2001: 56.2 years2002: 56.8 years2003: 57.3 years2004: 57.7 years2005: 58.2 years2006: 58.7 years2007: 59.1 years2008: 59.5 years2009: 60.1 years2010: 60.4 years2011: 60.8 years2012: 61.1 years2013: 61.5 years2014: 61.8 years2015: 62 years2016: 62.3 years2017: 62.6 years2018: 62.8 years2019: 63 years2020: 62.5 years2021: 62.4 years
Change over the period: +6.9 (+12.47%) Average annual rate: 0.56 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe 62.4 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 — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 62.4 −0.1 −0.12%
2020 62.5 −0.4 −0.69%
2019 63 +0.2 +0.28%
2018 62.8 +0.2 +0.25%
2017 62.6 +0.3 +0.47%
2016 62.3 +0.3 +0.47%
2015 62 +0.3 +0.43%
2014 61.8 +0.3 +0.5%
2013 61.5 +0.4 +0.62%
2012 61.1 +0.3 +0.53%
2011 60.8 +0.3 +0.55%
2010 60.4 +0.4 +0.6%
2009 60.1 +0.6 +1.01%
2008 59.5 +0.4 +0.66%
2007 59.1 +0.4 +0.65%
2006 58.7 +0.5 +0.77%
2005 58.2 +0.5 +0.88%
2004 57.7 +0.4 +0.73%
2003 57.3 +0.5 +0.88%
2002 56.8 +0.6 +1.1%
2001 56.2 +0.7 +1.23%
2000 55.5

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.