Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Saudi Arabia

Healthy life expectancy in Saudi Arabia in 2021 — 65.6 years. Ranked 47 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.2%.

2021 65.6 years +0.54% vs 2020
World rank 47of 185
Period maximum 66.3 years2013
Period minimum 61.2 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Saudi Arabia, 2000–20216062646668200020032006200920122015201820212000: 61.2 years2001: 61.4 years2002: 61.7 years2003: 61.9 years2004: 62.1 years2005: 62.3 years2006: 62.4 years2007: 62.7 years2008: 63.1 years2009: 63.8 years2010: 64.5 years2011: 65.4 years2012: 66.1 years2013: 66.3 years2014: 66.3 years2015: 66.1 years2016: 66 years2017: 66 years2018: 66.1 years2019: 66.2 years2020: 65.3 years2021: 65.6 years
Change over the period: +4.4 (+7.25%) Average annual rate: 0.33 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Saudi Arabia 65.6 years
World computed 62.2 years
Middle East & North Africa computed 62.6 years
Western Asia computed 63.4 years
High-income countries computed 67.3 years
Healthy life expectancy — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 65.6 +0.4 +0.54%
2020 65.3 −0.9 −1.31%
2019 66.2 +0.1 +0.11%
2018 66.1 +0 +0.05%
2017 66 −0 −0%
2016 66 −0.1 −0.11%
2015 66.1 −0.2 −0.3%
2014 66.3 −0 −0.04%
2013 66.3 +0.3 +0.4%
2012 66.1 +0.7 +1.02%
2011 65.4 +0.9 +1.42%
2010 64.5 +0.7 +1.14%
2009 63.8 +0.6 +1.03%
2008 63.1 +0.5 +0.73%
2007 62.7 +0.2 +0.35%
2006 62.4 +0.2 +0.27%
2005 62.3 +0.2 +0.29%
2004 62.1 +0.2 +0.4%
2003 61.9 +0.2 +0.33%
2002 61.7 +0.2 +0.39%
2001 61.4 +0.2 +0.34%
2000 61.2

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.