Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Middle Africa

Healthy life expectancy in Middle Africa in 2021 — 53.2 years. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 19.1%.

2021 53.2 years −0.66% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 53.5 years2020
Period minimum 44.6 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Middle Africa, 2000–202142.54547.55052.555200020032006200920122015201820212000: 44.6 years2001: 45 years2002: 45.3 years2003: 45.6 years2004: 46.1 years2005: 46.7 years2006: 47.2 years2007: 47.8 years2008: 48.4 years2009: 49 years2010: 49.5 years2011: 50 years2012: 50.5 years2013: 50.9 years2014: 51.4 years2015: 51.9 years2016: 52.3 years2017: 52.7 years2018: 53.1 years2019: 53.5 years2020: 53.5 years2021: 53.2 years
Change over the period: +8.5 (+19.06%) Average annual rate: 0.83 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Middle Africa 53.2 years
World computed 62.2 years
Healthy life expectancy — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 53.2 −0.4 −0.66%
2020 53.5 +0 +0.08%
2019 53.5 +0.4 +0.67%
2018 53.1 +0.5 +0.86%
2017 52.7 +0.4 +0.68%
2016 52.3 +0.4 +0.81%
2015 51.9 +0.5 +0.9%
2014 51.4 +0.5 +0.97%
2013 50.9 +0.5 +0.93%
2012 50.5 +0.5 +0.91%
2011 50 +0.5 +0.96%
2010 49.5 +0.6 +1.16%
2009 49 +0.6 +1.22%
2008 48.4 +0.5 +1.11%
2007 47.8 +0.6 +1.29%
2006 47.2 +0.5 +1.11%
2005 46.7 +0.6 +1.23%
2004 46.1 +0.5 +1.12%
2003 45.6 +0.4 +0.83%
2002 45.3 +0.3 +0.68%
2001 45 +0.3 +0.7%
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.