Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Zimbabwe

Healthy life expectancy in Zimbabwe in 2021 — 51.2 years. Ranked 178 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 26.4%.

2021 51.2 years −1.82% vs 2020
World rank 178of 185
Period maximum 52.2 years2020
Period minimum 40 years2003

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Zimbabwe, 2000–20213540455055200020032006200920122015201820212000: 40.5 years2001: 40.3 years2002: 40 years2003: 40 years2004: 40.1 years2005: 40.5 years2006: 41.1 years2007: 41.9 years2008: 42.7 years2009: 43.8 years2010: 45.3 years2011: 46.9 years2012: 48.3 years2013: 49.3 years2014: 50.1 years2015: 50.5 years2016: 50.9 years2017: 51.2 years2018: 51.6 years2019: 52 years2020: 52.2 years2021: 51.2 years
Change over the period: +10.7 (+26.44%) Average annual rate: 1.12 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Zimbabwe 51.2 years
World computed 62.2 years
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 55.2 years
Eastern Africa computed 56.2 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 58.8 years
Healthy life expectancy — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 51.2 −1 −1.82%
2020 52.2 +0.2 +0.48%
2019 52 +0.3 +0.64%
2018 51.6 +0.4 +0.82%
2017 51.2 +0.3 +0.59%
2016 50.9 +0.4 +0.77%
2015 50.5 +0.5 +0.92%
2014 50.1 +0.7 +1.49%
2013 49.3 +1 +2.14%
2012 48.3 +1.4 +2.96%
2011 46.9 +1.6 +3.48%
2010 45.3 +1.5 +3.44%
2009 43.8 +1.1 +2.63%
2008 42.7 +0.8 +1.94%
2007 41.9 +0.8 +1.84%
2006 41.1 +0.6 +1.4%
2005 40.5 +0.5 +1.13%
2004 40.1 +0.1 +0.31%
2003 40 −0.1 −0.18%
2002 40 −0.2 −0.62%
2001 40.3 −0.2 −0.6%
2000 40.5

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.