Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Sri Lanka

Healthy life expectancy in Sri Lanka in 2021 — 66.7 years. Ranked 39 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.9%.

2021 66.7 years −3.64% vs 2020
World rank 39of 185
Period maximum 69.3 years2020
Period minimum 60.4 years2004

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Sri Lanka, 2000–20216062.56567.570200020032006200920122015201820212000: 62.4 years2001: 63.3 years2002: 63.9 years2003: 63.9 years2004: 60.4 years2005: 64 years2006: 63.9 years2007: 64.3 years2008: 63.7 years2009: 63.1 years2010: 64.5 years2011: 65.2 years2012: 65.8 years2013: 65.9 years2014: 66.2 years2015: 66.4 years2016: 66.6 years2017: 66.7 years2018: 66.9 years2019: 67.1 years2020: 69.3 years2021: 66.7 years
Change over the period: +4.3 (+6.94%) Average annual rate: 0.32 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Sri Lanka 66.7 years
World computed 62.2 years
South Asia computed 58.4 years
Southern Asia computed 58.6 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 58.8 years
Healthy life expectancy — Sri Lanka, by year Sri Lanka All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 66.7 −2.5 −3.64%
2020 69.3 +2.2 +3.23%
2019 67.1 +0.2 +0.26%
2018 66.9 +0.2 +0.29%
2017 66.7 +0.1 +0.16%
2016 66.6 +0.2 +0.33%
2015 66.4 +0.2 +0.31%
2014 66.2 +0.3 +0.42%
2013 65.9 +0.2 +0.23%
2012 65.8 +0.5 +0.8%
2011 65.2 +0.7 +1.11%
2010 64.5 +1.4 +2.26%
2009 63.1 −0.7 −1.03%
2008 63.7 −0.6 −0.87%
2007 64.3 +0.4 +0.6%
2006 63.9 −0.1 −0.15%
2005 64 +3.6 +6.02%
2004 60.4 −3.5 −5.54%
2003 63.9 +0.1 +0.09%
2002 63.9 +0.6 +0.91%
2001 63.3 +0.9 +1.45%
2000 62.4

Southern Asia, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.