Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Senegal

Healthy life expectancy in Senegal in 2021 — 58.9 years. Ranked 129 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.6%.

2021 58.9 years −1.22% vs 2020
World rank 129of 185
Period maximum 59.9 years2019
Period minimum 51 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Senegal, 2000–20215052.55557.560200020032006200920122015201820212000: 51 years2001: 51.5 years2002: 52 years2003: 52.8 years2004: 53.5 years2005: 54.2 years2006: 54.8 years2007: 55.5 years2008: 56.1 years2009: 56.6 years2010: 57 years2011: 57.4 years2012: 57.7 years2013: 58 years2014: 58.3 years2015: 58.7 years2016: 59 years2017: 59.3 years2018: 59.6 years2019: 59.9 years2020: 59.6 years2021: 58.9 years
Change over the period: +7.9 (+15.6%) Average annual rate: 0.69 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Senegal 58.9 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Western Africa computed 55.1 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 58.8 years
Healthy life expectancy — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 58.9 −0.7 −1.22%
2020 59.6 −0.2 −0.4%
2019 59.9 +0.3 +0.47%
2018 59.6 +0.3 +0.47%
2017 59.3 +0.3 +0.51%
2016 59 +0.3 +0.58%
2015 58.7 +0.3 +0.59%
2014 58.3 +0.4 +0.63%
2013 58 +0.3 +0.51%
2012 57.7 +0.3 +0.54%
2011 57.4 +0.4 +0.64%
2010 57 +0.4 +0.69%
2009 56.6 +0.5 +0.84%
2008 56.1 +0.6 +1.1%
2007 55.5 +0.7 +1.3%
2006 54.8 +0.6 +1.12%
2005 54.2 +0.7 +1.27%
2004 53.5 +0.7 +1.29%
2003 52.8 +0.8 +1.63%
2002 52 +0.5 +0.87%
2001 51.5 +0.6 +1.16%
2000 51

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.