Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — South Sudan

Healthy life expectancy in South Sudan in 2021 — 50.5 years. Ranked 179 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.3%.

2021 50.5 years −0.61% vs 2020
World rank 179of 185
Period maximum 51.2 years2012
Period minimum 44.6 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — South Sudan, 2000–20214446485052200020032006200920122015201820212000: 44.6 years2001: 45.5 years2002: 46.1 years2003: 46.7 years2004: 47.4 years2005: 48 years2006: 48.4 years2007: 49 years2008: 49.7 years2009: 49.8 years2010: 50.7 years2011: 50.9 years2012: 51.2 years2013: 50.9 years2014: 51 years2015: 51.2 years2016: 51.1 years2017: 50.8 years2018: 50.8 years2019: 51 years2020: 50.8 years2021: 50.5 years
Change over the period: +5.9 (+13.27%) Average annual rate: 0.6 %

Comparison, 2021

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

South Sudan 50.5 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 — South Sudan, by year South Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 50.5 −0.3 −0.61%
2020 50.8 −0.1 −0.23%
2019 51 +0.1 +0.25%
2018 50.8 −0 −0.02%
2017 50.8 −0.3 −0.49%
2016 51.1 −0.1 −0.13%
2015 51.2 +0.2 +0.32%
2014 51 +0 +0.09%
2013 50.9 −0.2 −0.45%
2012 51.2 +0.3 +0.61%
2011 50.9 +0.2 +0.39%
2010 50.7 +0.8 +1.64%
2009 49.8 +0.2 +0.37%
2008 49.7 +0.6 +1.27%
2007 49 +0.6 +1.32%
2006 48.4 +0.4 +0.87%
2005 48 +0.6 +1.18%
2004 47.4 +0.7 +1.53%
2003 46.7 +0.6 +1.24%
2002 46.1 +0.7 +1.44%
2001 45.5 +0.9 +1.96%
2000 44.6

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.