Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Yemen

Healthy life expectancy in Yemen in 2021 — 56.5 years. Ranked 148 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4.3%.

2021 56.5 years −1.01% vs 2020
World rank 148of 185
Period maximum 58.9 years2013
Period minimum 54.2 years2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Yemen, 2000–202154565860200020032006200920122015201820212000: 54.2 years2001: 54.6 years2002: 55.1 years2003: 55.5 years2004: 56 years2005: 56.4 years2006: 56.9 years2007: 57.3 years2008: 57.6 years2009: 57.9 years2010: 58.3 years2011: 58.4 years2012: 58.5 years2013: 58.9 years2014: 58.9 years2015: 58.5 years2016: 58.1 years2017: 58 years2018: 56.9 years2019: 57.4 years2020: 57 years2021: 56.5 years
Change over the period: +2.3 (+4.27%) Average annual rate: 0.2 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Yemen 56.5 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 — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 56.5 −0.6 −1.01%
2020 57 −0.3 −0.56%
2019 57.4 +0.4 +0.73%
2018 56.9 −1.1 −1.9%
2017 58 −0 −0.04%
2016 58.1 −0.5 −0.82%
2015 58.5 −0.4 −0.66%
2014 58.9 −0 −0.03%
2013 58.9 +0.4 +0.72%
2012 58.5 +0.1 +0.2%
2011 58.4 +0.2 +0.27%
2010 58.3 +0.3 +0.53%
2009 57.9 +0.3 +0.56%
2008 57.6 +0.4 +0.65%
2007 57.3 +0.4 +0.66%
2006 56.9 +0.4 +0.78%
2005 56.4 +0.5 +0.82%
2004 56 +0.5 +0.82%
2003 55.5 +0.4 +0.8%
2002 55.1 +0.5 +0.85%
2001 54.6 +0.5 +0.86%
2000 54.2

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.