Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Uganda

Healthy life expectancy in Uganda in 2021 — 57.2 years. Ranked 144 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 34.7%.

2021 57.2 years −0.8% vs 2020
World rank 144of 185
Period maximum 57.7 years2020
Period minimum 42.5 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Uganda, 2000–20214045505560200020032006200920122015201820212000: 42.5 years2001: 43.3 years2002: 44 years2003: 44.9 years2004: 46.1 years2005: 47.5 years2006: 48.5 years2007: 49.3 years2008: 50.3 years2009: 51.3 years2010: 52.1 years2011: 52.9 years2012: 53.7 years2013: 54.5 years2014: 55.2 years2015: 55.8 years2016: 56.3 years2017: 56.8 years2018: 57.2 years2019: 57.6 years2020: 57.7 years2021: 57.2 years
Change over the period: +14.7 (+34.68%) Average annual rate: 1.43 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Uganda 57.2 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Eastern Africa computed 56.2 years
Low-income countries computed 55.4 years
Healthy life expectancy — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 57.2 −0.5 −0.8%
2020 57.7 +0.1 +0.23%
2019 57.6 +0.3 +0.59%
2018 57.2 +0.5 +0.81%
2017 56.8 +0.5 +0.88%
2016 56.3 +0.4 +0.74%
2015 55.8 +0.6 +1.14%
2014 55.2 +0.7 +1.28%
2013 54.5 +0.8 +1.54%
2012 53.7 +0.8 +1.55%
2011 52.9 +0.8 +1.51%
2010 52.1 +0.8 +1.57%
2009 51.3 +1 +1.94%
2008 50.3 +1 +2.09%
2007 49.3 +0.8 +1.56%
2006 48.5 +1 +2.08%
2005 47.5 +1.4 +3.01%
2004 46.1 +1.2 +2.75%
2003 44.9 +0.9 +2.03%
2002 44 +0.8 +1.74%
2001 43.3 +0.8 +1.82%
2000 42.5

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.