Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Suriname

Healthy life expectancy in Suriname in 2021 — 60.3 years. Ranked 122 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.8%.

2021 60.3 years −3.92% vs 2020
World rank 122of 185
Period maximum 63.4 years2012
Period minimum 60.3 years2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Suriname, 2000–20216061626364200020032006200920122015201820212000: 61.4 years2001: 61.3 years2002: 61.3 years2003: 61.3 years2004: 61.6 years2005: 61.9 years2006: 62.2 years2007: 62.5 years2008: 62.6 years2009: 62.9 years2010: 63 years2011: 63.2 years2012: 63.4 years2013: 63.3 years2014: 63.2 years2015: 63.1 years2016: 63.2 years2017: 63.3 years2018: 63.2 years2019: 63.1 years2020: 62.8 years2021: 60.3 years
Change over the period: −1.1 (−1.76%) Average annual rate: -0.08 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Suriname 60.3 years
World computed 62.2 years
Latin America & Caribbean computed 62.4 years
South America computed 62.9 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 65.5 years
Healthy life expectancy — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 60.3 −2.5 −3.92%
2020 62.8 −0.4 −0.57%
2019 63.1 −0 −0.07%
2018 63.2 −0.1 −0.14%
2017 63.3 +0.1 +0.14%
2016 63.2 +0.1 +0.1%
2015 63.1 −0.1 −0.12%
2014 63.2 −0.1 −0.12%
2013 63.3 −0.1 −0.21%
2012 63.4 +0.2 +0.27%
2011 63.2 +0.2 +0.37%
2010 63 +0.1 +0.19%
2009 62.9 +0.3 +0.48%
2008 62.6 +0.1 +0.14%
2007 62.5 +0.3 +0.43%
2006 62.2 +0.3 +0.55%
2005 61.9 +0.3 +0.52%
2004 61.6 +0.2 +0.36%
2003 61.3 +0.1 +0.1%
2002 61.3 −0 −0.07%
2001 61.3 −0.1 −0.11%
2000 61.4

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.