Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — South Asia

Healthy life expectancy in South Asia in 2021 — 58.4 years. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.5%.

2021 58.4 years −2.88% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 60.7 years2019
Period minimum 54.3 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — South Asia, 2000–20215456586062200020032006200920122015201820212000: 54.3 years2001: 54.7 years2002: 55.1 years2003: 55.5 years2004: 55.8 years2005: 56.1 years2006: 56.5 years2007: 56.7 years2008: 57.1 years2009: 57.5 years2010: 57.9 years2011: 58.2 years2012: 58.6 years2013: 58.9 years2014: 59.2 years2015: 59.5 years2016: 59.8 years2017: 60.1 years2018: 60.4 years2019: 60.7 years2020: 60.1 years2021: 58.4 years
Change over the period: +4.1 (+7.54%) Average annual rate: 0.35 %

Comparison, 2021

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

South Asia 58.4 years
World computed 62.2 years
Healthy life expectancy — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 58.4 −1.7 −2.88%
2020 60.1 −0.6 −0.93%
2019 60.7 +0.3 +0.52%
2018 60.4 +0.3 +0.47%
2017 60.1 +0.3 +0.43%
2016 59.8 +0.3 +0.55%
2015 59.5 +0.3 +0.56%
2014 59.2 +0.3 +0.54%
2013 58.9 +0.3 +0.48%
2012 58.6 +0.3 +0.6%
2011 58.2 +0.4 +0.63%
2010 57.9 +0.4 +0.62%
2009 57.5 +0.4 +0.78%
2008 57.1 +0.3 +0.55%
2007 56.7 +0.2 +0.44%
2006 56.5 +0.4 +0.65%
2005 56.1 +0.3 +0.61%
2004 55.8 +0.3 +0.6%
2003 55.5 +0.4 +0.65%
2002 55.1 +0.4 +0.74%
2001 54.7 +0.4 +0.73%
2000 54.3

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.