Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Western Asia

Healthy life expectancy in Western Asia in 2021 — 63.4 years. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.7%.

2021 63.4 years −0.57% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 64.8 years2019
Period minimum 61.7 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Western Asia, 2000–20216162636465200020032006200920122015201820212000: 61.7 years2001: 62.1 years2002: 62.4 years2003: 62.6 years2004: 62.9 years2005: 63 years2006: 63.1 years2007: 63.4 years2008: 63.7 years2009: 63.9 years2010: 64.2 years2011: 64.3 years2012: 63.9 years2013: 64 years2014: 63.7 years2015: 63.8 years2016: 63.8 years2017: 64 years2018: 64.5 years2019: 64.8 years2020: 63.8 years2021: 63.4 years
Change over the period: +1.7 (+2.71%) Average annual rate: 0.13 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Western Asia 63.4 years
World computed 62.2 years
Healthy life expectancy — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 63.4 −0.4 −0.57%
2020 63.8 −1.1 −1.66%
2019 64.8 +0.4 +0.55%
2018 64.5 +0.5 +0.78%
2017 64 +0.2 +0.25%
2016 63.8 +0 +0.04%
2015 63.8 +0.1 +0.2%
2014 63.7 −0.4 −0.57%
2013 64 +0.1 +0.2%
2012 63.9 −0.4 −0.58%
2011 64.3 +0.1 +0.12%
2010 64.2 +0.3 +0.46%
2009 63.9 +0.2 +0.33%
2008 63.7 +0.3 +0.45%
2007 63.4 +0.3 +0.49%
2006 63.1 +0.1 +0.11%
2005 63 +0.2 +0.28%
2004 62.9 +0.3 +0.43%
2003 62.6 +0.2 +0.29%
2002 62.4 +0.3 +0.45%
2001 62.1 +0.4 +0.66%
2000 61.7

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.