Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Somalia

Healthy life expectancy in Somalia in 2021 — 47.4 years. Ranked 183 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 9.3%.

2021 47.4 years −2.33% vs 2020
World rank 183of 185
Period maximum 48.7 years2019
Period minimum 39.2 years2011

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Somalia, 2000–202137.54042.54547.550200020032006200920122015201820212000: 43.4 years2001: 43.4 years2002: 43.5 years2003: 43.6 years2004: 43.6 years2005: 43.9 years2006: 43.9 years2007: 44 years2008: 44.3 years2009: 44.7 years2010: 43.8 years2011: 39.2 years2012: 44.3 years2013: 46.3 years2014: 46.8 years2015: 47.2 years2016: 47.6 years2017: 47.8 years2018: 48.2 years2019: 48.7 years2020: 48.6 years2021: 47.4 years
Change over the period: +4 (+9.26%) Average annual rate: 0.42 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Somalia 47.4 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Eastern Africa computed 56.2 years
Low-income countries computed 55.4 years
Healthy life expectancy — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 47.4 −1.1 −2.33%
2020 48.6 −0.1 −0.2%
2019 48.7 +0.5 +0.96%
2018 48.2 +0.4 +0.87%
2017 47.8 +0.2 +0.41%
2016 47.6 +0.3 +0.73%
2015 47.2 +0.4 +0.86%
2014 46.8 +0.5 +1.13%
2013 46.3 +2 +4.43%
2012 44.3 +5.2 +13.2%
2011 39.2 −4.6 −10.55%
2010 43.8 −0.9 −1.97%
2009 44.7 +0.3 +0.75%
2008 44.3 +0.3 +0.7%
2007 44 +0.1 +0.33%
2006 43.9 +0 +0.08%
2005 43.9 +0.3 +0.68%
2004 43.6 −0 −0.1%
2003 43.6 +0.1 +0.2%
2002 43.5 +0.1 +0.15%
2001 43.4 +0 +0.09%
2000 43.4

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.