Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Syria

Healthy life expectancy in Syria in 2021 — 62.3 years. Ranked 98 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.3%.

2021 62.3 years +0.51% vs 2020
World rank 98of 185
Period maximum 64.1 years2010
Period minimum 51.4 years2017

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Syria, 2000–202150556065200020032006200920122015201820212000: 62.1 years2001: 62.6 years2002: 62.8 years2003: 63.3 years2004: 63.5 years2005: 63.7 years2006: 63.8 years2007: 64 years2008: 64 years2009: 64.1 years2010: 64.1 years2011: 62.5 years2012: 56.6 years2013: 56.3 years2014: 52.5 years2015: 52.2 years2016: 52.3 years2017: 51.4 years2018: 55.6 years2019: 59.7 years2020: 62 years2021: 62.3 years
Change over the period: +0.2 (+0.31%) Average annual rate: 0.01 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Syria 62.3 years
World computed 62.2 years
Middle East & North Africa computed 62.6 years
Western Asia computed 63.4 years
Low-income countries computed 55.4 years
Healthy life expectancy — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 62.3 +0.3 +0.51%
2020 62 +2.3 +3.84%
2019 59.7 +4.1 +7.31%
2018 55.6 +4.2 +8.11%
2017 51.4 −0.8 −1.59%
2016 52.3 +0 +0.08%
2015 52.2 −0.3 −0.52%
2014 52.5 −3.8 −6.75%
2013 56.3 −0.3 −0.57%
2012 56.6 −5.9 −9.46%
2011 62.5 −1.6 −2.52%
2010 64.1 +0 +0.03%
2009 64.1 +0.1 +0.22%
2008 64 −0.1 −0.08%
2007 64 +0.2 +0.31%
2006 63.8 +0.1 +0.16%
2005 63.7 +0.3 +0.42%
2004 63.5 +0.2 +0.27%
2003 63.3 +0.5 +0.78%
2002 62.8 +0.2 +0.32%
2001 62.6 +0.5 +0.86%
2000 62.1

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.