Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Sierra Leone

Healthy life expectancy in Sierra Leone in 2021 — 53.1 years. Ranked 170 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 23.3%.

2021 53.1 years +0.91% vs 2020
World rank 170of 185
Period maximum 53.1 years2021
Period minimum 43.1 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Sierra Leone, 2000–202140455055200020032006200920122015201820212000: 43.1 years2001: 44.1 years2002: 44.4 years2003: 44.6 years2004: 44.8 years2005: 45.1 years2006: 45.5 years2007: 45.9 years2008: 46.6 years2009: 47.2 years2010: 47.9 years2011: 48.5 years2012: 49.1 years2013: 49.7 years2014: 48.8 years2015: 49.6 years2016: 51.2 years2017: 51.6 years2018: 52.2 years2019: 52.6 years2020: 52.6 years2021: 53.1 years
Change over the period: +10.1 (+23.35%) Average annual rate: 1 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Sierra Leone 53.1 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Western Africa computed 55.1 years
Low-income countries computed 55.4 years
Healthy life expectancy — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 53.1 +0.5 +0.91%
2020 52.6 +0 +0.03%
2019 52.6 +0.5 +0.88%
2018 52.2 +0.6 +1.15%
2017 51.6 +0.3 +0.68%
2016 51.2 +1.6 +3.19%
2015 49.6 +0.9 +1.78%
2014 48.8 −1 −1.95%
2013 49.7 +0.6 +1.22%
2012 49.1 +0.6 +1.27%
2011 48.5 +0.6 +1.28%
2010 47.9 +0.7 +1.5%
2009 47.2 +0.6 +1.34%
2008 46.6 +0.7 +1.45%
2007 45.9 +0.4 +0.91%
2006 45.5 +0.4 +0.82%
2005 45.1 +0.3 +0.63%
2004 44.8 +0.3 +0.57%
2003 44.6 +0.2 +0.48%
2002 44.4 +0.3 +0.69%
2001 44.1 +1 +2.33%
2000 43.1

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.