Healthy life expectancy in South Africa in 2021 — 52.8 years. Ranked 174 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.8%.
2000–2021 · years
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa
| Year | years | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.8 | −2.3 | −4.14% |
| 2020 | 55 | −1.3 | −2.23% |
| 2019 | 56.3 | +0.4 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 55.9 | +0.5 | +0.82% |
| 2017 | 55.5 | +0.7 | +1.28% |
| 2016 | 54.7 | +0.5 | +0.93% |
| 2015 | 54.2 | +0.4 | +0.76% |
| 2014 | 53.8 | +0.6 | +1.07% |
| 2013 | 53.3 | +1 | +1.99% |
| 2012 | 52.2 | +1.4 | +2.73% |
| 2011 | 50.8 | +1.6 | +3.26% |
| 2010 | 49.2 | +1.5 | +3.07% |
| 2009 | 47.8 | +1.1 | +2.36% |
| 2008 | 46.7 | +0.8 | +1.78% |
| 2007 | 45.9 | +0.6 | +1.42% |
| 2006 | 45.2 | +0 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 45.2 | −0.2 | −0.43% |
| 2004 | 45.4 | −0.6 | −1.26% |
| 2003 | 45.9 | −1.1 | −2.41% |
| 2002 | 47.1 | −1.3 | −2.64% |
| 2001 | 48.3 | −1.1 | −2.14% |
| 2000 | 49.4 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
Life expectancy at birth — how many years a newborn will live on average.
Demography Male life expectancyHow many years men live on average. Almost everywhere less than women.
Diseases Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseasesThe chance for a thirty-year-old of dying before 70 of cancer, diabetes, heart disease or respiratory disease.
Mortality Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseasesWhat part of all deaths in a country is accounted for by cancer, heart disease, diabetes and the other noncommunicable diseases.
