Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Melanesia

Healthy life expectancy in Melanesia in 2021 — 57.5 years. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.8%.

2021 57.5 years −1.38% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 58.6 years2019
Period minimum 56 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Melanesia, 2000–20215556575859200020032006200920122015201820212000: 56 years2001: 56.1 years2002: 56.1 years2003: 56.2 years2004: 56.3 years2005: 56.4 years2006: 56.5 years2007: 56.7 years2008: 56.8 years2009: 57.1 years2010: 57.2 years2011: 57.4 years2012: 57.5 years2013: 57.7 years2014: 57.9 years2015: 58.1 years2016: 58.2 years2017: 58.4 years2018: 58.5 years2019: 58.6 years2020: 58.3 years2021: 57.5 years
Change over the period: +1.5 (+2.76%) Average annual rate: 0.13 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Melanesia 57.5 years
World computed 62.2 years
Healthy life expectancy — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 57.5 −0.8 −1.38%
2020 58.3 −0.2 −0.41%
2019 58.6 +0.1 +0.19%
2018 58.5 +0.1 +0.14%
2017 58.4 +0.1 +0.25%
2016 58.2 +0.1 +0.21%
2015 58.1 +0.2 +0.32%
2014 57.9 +0.2 +0.37%
2013 57.7 +0.2 +0.4%
2012 57.5 +0.1 +0.21%
2011 57.4 +0.1 +0.22%
2010 57.2 +0.2 +0.33%
2009 57.1 +0.2 +0.36%
2008 56.8 +0.2 +0.34%
2007 56.7 +0.2 +0.35%
2006 56.5 +0.1 +0.12%
2005 56.4 +0.1 +0.09%
2004 56.3 +0.1 +0.18%
2003 56.2 +0.1 +0.17%
2002 56.1 +0.1 +0.16%
2001 56.1 +0.1 +0.13%
2000 56

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.