Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Singapore

Healthy life expectancy in Singapore in 2021 — 73.6 years. Ranked 1 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.1%.

2021 73.6 years −0.21% vs 2020
World rank 1of 185
Period maximum 73.8 years2020
Period minimum 69.4 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Singapore, 2000–202168707274200020032006200920122015201820212000: 69.4 years2001: 69.9 years2002: 70 years2003: 70.3 years2004: 70.8 years2005: 71 years2006: 71.4 years2007: 71.1 years2008: 71.4 years2009: 71.9 years2010: 72.1 years2011: 72.3 years2012: 72.5 years2013: 72.6 years2014: 72.8 years2015: 72.9 years2016: 73.3 years2017: 73.3 years2018: 73.5 years2019: 73.8 years2020: 73.8 years2021: 73.6 years
Change over the period: +4.2 (+6.1%) Average annual rate: 0.28 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Singapore 73.6 years
World computed 62.2 years
East Asia & Pacific computed 66.9 years
South-Eastern Asia computed 61.8 years
High-income countries computed 67.3 years
Healthy life expectancy — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 73.6 −0.2 −0.21%
2020 73.8 +0 +0.01%
2019 73.8 +0.3 +0.41%
2018 73.5 +0.2 +0.32%
2017 73.3 +0 +0.02%
2016 73.3 +0.3 +0.42%
2015 72.9 +0.2 +0.25%
2014 72.8 +0.2 +0.25%
2013 72.6 +0.1 +0.17%
2012 72.5 +0.2 +0.27%
2011 72.3 +0.2 +0.22%
2010 72.1 +0.2 +0.23%
2009 71.9 +0.5 +0.69%
2008 71.4 +0.3 +0.46%
2007 71.1 −0.2 −0.34%
2006 71.4 +0.4 +0.51%
2005 71 +0.2 +0.25%
2004 70.8 +0.5 +0.78%
2003 70.3 +0.2 +0.31%
2002 70 +0.2 +0.23%
2001 69.9 +0.5 +0.68%
2000 69.4

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.