Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Northern Africa

Healthy life expectancy in Northern Africa in 2021 — 61.4 years. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.9%.

2021 61.4 years −0.6% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 63.1 years2019
Period minimum 60.2 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Northern Africa, 2000–20216061626364200020032006200920122015201820212000: 60.2 years2001: 60.3 years2002: 60.4 years2003: 60.5 years2004: 60.8 years2005: 61.1 years2006: 61.3 years2007: 61.4 years2008: 61.6 years2009: 61.7 years2010: 61.8 years2011: 61.9 years2012: 62 years2013: 62.3 years2014: 62.4 years2015: 62.3 years2016: 62.6 years2017: 62.9 years2018: 62.9 years2019: 63.1 years2020: 61.8 years2021: 61.4 years
Change over the period: +1.2 (+1.91%) Average annual rate: 0.09 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Northern Africa 61.4 years
World computed 62.2 years
Healthy life expectancy — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 61.4 −0.4 −0.6%
2020 61.8 −1.3 −2.08%
2019 63.1 +0.1 +0.22%
2018 62.9 +0.1 +0.13%
2017 62.9 +0.3 +0.43%
2016 62.6 +0.3 +0.47%
2015 62.3 −0.1 −0.09%
2014 62.4 +0.1 +0.09%
2013 62.3 +0.3 +0.45%
2012 62 +0.1 +0.19%
2011 61.9 +0.1 +0.13%
2010 61.8 +0.1 +0.23%
2009 61.7 +0.1 +0.19%
2008 61.6 +0.1 +0.19%
2007 61.4 +0.2 +0.3%
2006 61.3 +0.2 +0.25%
2005 61.1 +0.4 +0.58%
2004 60.8 +0.2 +0.38%
2003 60.5 +0.1 +0.17%
2002 60.4 +0.1 +0.2%
2001 60.3 +0.1 +0.1%
2000 60.2

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.