Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Vietnam

Healthy life expectancy in Vietnam in 2021 — 65.4 years. Ranked 50 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.5%.

2021 65.4 years −1.23% vs 2020
World rank 50of 185
Period maximum 66.2 years2020
Period minimum 63.7 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Vietnam, 2000–20216364656667200020032006200920122015201820212000: 63.7 years2001: 63.9 years2002: 64 years2003: 64 years2004: 64.1 years2005: 64.1 years2006: 64.2 years2007: 64.2 years2008: 64.3 years2009: 64.3 years2010: 64.4 years2011: 64.5 years2012: 64.6 years2013: 64.7 years2014: 64.8 years2015: 64.8 years2016: 65 years2017: 65.1 years2018: 65.3 years2019: 65.4 years2020: 66.2 years2021: 65.4 years
Change over the period: +1.6 (+2.53%) Average annual rate: 0.12 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Vietnam 65.4 years
World computed 62.2 years
East Asia & Pacific computed 66.9 years
South-Eastern Asia computed 61.8 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 58.8 years
Healthy life expectancy — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 65.4 −0.8 −1.23%
2020 66.2 +0.8 +1.19%
2019 65.4 +0.1 +0.18%
2018 65.3 +0.1 +0.2%
2017 65.1 +0.2 +0.23%
2016 65 +0.1 +0.23%
2015 64.8 +0.1 +0.1%
2014 64.8 +0.1 +0.13%
2013 64.7 +0.1 +0.12%
2012 64.6 +0.1 +0.16%
2011 64.5 +0.1 +0.16%
2010 64.4 +0.1 +0.11%
2009 64.3 +0.1 +0.08%
2008 64.3 +0 +0.08%
2007 64.2 +0.1 +0.1%
2006 64.2 +0.1 +0.1%
2005 64.1 +0 +0.06%
2004 64.1 +0.1 +0.09%
2003 64 +0.1 +0.1%
2002 64 +0.1 +0.15%
2001 63.9 +0.1 +0.19%
2000 63.7

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.