Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Upper-middle-income countries

Healthy life expectancy in upper-middle-income countries in 2021 — 65.5 years. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.2%.

2021 65.5 years −0.69% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 66.7 years2019
Period minimum 62.3 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Upper-middle-income countries, 2000–202162646668200020032006200920122015201820212000: 62.3 years2001: 62.5 years2002: 62.7 years2003: 62.9 years2004: 62.9 years2005: 63.4 years2006: 63.9 years2007: 64.3 years2008: 64.4 years2009: 64.7 years2010: 64.9 years2011: 65.2 years2012: 65.5 years2013: 65.8 years2014: 66 years2015: 66.2 years2016: 66.3 years2017: 66.4 years2018: 66.6 years2019: 66.7 years2020: 66 years2021: 65.5 years
Change over the period: +3.3 (+5.22%) Average annual rate: 0.24 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 65.5 years
World computed 62.2 years
Healthy life expectancy — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 65.5 −0.5 −0.69%
2020 66 −0.7 −1.07%
2019 66.7 +0.1 +0.13%
2018 66.6 +0.1 +0.21%
2017 66.4 +0.2 +0.27%
2016 66.3 +0.1 +0.15%
2015 66.2 +0.2 +0.27%
2014 66 +0.2 +0.3%
2013 65.8 +0.2 +0.37%
2012 65.5 +0.3 +0.48%
2011 65.2 +0.3 +0.46%
2010 64.9 +0.2 +0.32%
2009 64.7 +0.3 +0.44%
2008 64.4 +0.2 +0.29%
2007 64.3 +0.4 +0.58%
2006 63.9 +0.5 +0.74%
2005 63.4 +0.5 +0.76%
2004 62.9 +0.1 +0.1%
2003 62.9 +0.2 +0.27%
2002 62.7 +0.2 +0.33%
2001 62.5 +0.2 +0.4%
2000 62.3

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.