Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Eastern Asia

Healthy life expectancy in Eastern Asia in 2021 — 69 years. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 8.1%.

2021 69 years +0.05% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 69 years2021
Period minimum 63.8 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Eastern Asia, 2000–20216264666870200020032006200920122015201820212000: 63.8 years2001: 64.1 years2002: 64.4 years2003: 64.7 years2004: 64.9 years2005: 65.3 years2006: 65.9 years2007: 66.3 years2008: 66.5 years2009: 66.8 years2010: 67 years2011: 67.3 years2012: 67.6 years2013: 67.9 years2014: 68.2 years2015: 68.4 years2016: 68.5 years2017: 68.7 years2018: 68.8 years2019: 68.9 years2020: 69 years2021: 69 years
Change over the period: +5.2 (+8.15%) Average annual rate: 0.37 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Eastern Asia 69 years
World computed 62.2 years
Healthy life expectancy — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 69 +0 +0.05%
2020 69 +0.1 +0.08%
2019 68.9 +0.1 +0.17%
2018 68.8 +0.1 +0.17%
2017 68.7 +0.2 +0.22%
2016 68.5 +0.1 +0.22%
2015 68.4 +0.2 +0.33%
2014 68.2 +0.3 +0.38%
2013 67.9 +0.3 +0.4%
2012 67.6 +0.3 +0.5%
2011 67.3 +0.3 +0.39%
2010 67 +0.2 +0.31%
2009 66.8 +0.3 +0.51%
2008 66.5 +0.2 +0.24%
2007 66.3 +0.4 +0.65%
2006 65.9 +0.6 +0.96%
2005 65.3 +0.4 +0.58%
2004 64.9 +0.2 +0.36%
2003 64.7 +0.3 +0.47%
2002 64.4 +0.3 +0.44%
2001 64.1 +0.3 +0.43%
2000 63.8

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.