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Healthy Life Expectancy Rankings for Africa, 2001

World Health Organization Disability Adjusted Life Expectancy (DALE)

Disability Adjusted Life Expectancy (DALE) summarizes the expected number of years to be lived in what might be termed the equivalent of "full health."

To calculate DALE, the years of ill-health are weighted according to severity and subtracted from the expected overall life expectancy to give the equivalent years of healthy life.

The data is adapted from the WHO's Life Expectancy rankings for 191 countries in the world. Only three African nations come in the top 100. Download it as an .xls file

Rank

WHO Member State

Life Expectancy

Total DALE

78

Mauritius

70

62.65

84

Algeria

69

61.61

90

Tunisia

69

61.38

107

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

75

59.32

108

Seychelles

70.4

59.29

110

Morocco

69

59.07

118

Cape Verde

68

57.60

132

Sao Tome and Principe

64

53.46

143

Gambia

53

48.30

144

Gabon

52

47.81

146

Comoros

59

46.79

149

Ghana

58

45.51

150

Congo

48

45.08

151

Senegal

52

44.57

152

Equatorial Guinea

50

44.09

154

Sudan

51

43.04

155

Côte d'Ivoire

47

42.78

156

Cameroon

55

42.24

157

Benin

50

42.24

158

Mauritania

54

41.37

159

Togo

49

40.68

160

South Africa

55

39.78

161

Chad

48

39.37

162

Kenya

49

39.29

163

Nigeria

52

38.25

164

Swaziland

38

38.07

165

Angola

47

37.96

166

Djibouti

48

37.86

167

Guinea

45

37.78

169

Eritrea

55

37.68

170

Guinea-Bissau

45

37.18

171

Lesotho

53

36.86

172

Madagascar

52

36.62

173

Somalia

46

36.37

174

Democratic Republic of the Congo

49

36.30

175

Central African Republic

45

36.04

176

United Republic of Tanzania

53

36.01

177

Namibia

46

35.58

178

Burkina Faso

47

35.52

179

Burundi

47

34.59

180

Mozambique

40

34.38

181

Liberia

50

34.04

182

Ethiopia

46

33.52

183

Mali

53

33.08

184

Zimbabwe

37

32.90

185

Rwanda

39

32.81

186

Uganda

42

32.71

187

Botswana

44

32.26

188

Zambia

37

30.34

189

Malawi

39

29.39

190

Niger

41

29.12

191

Sierra Leone

45

25.86

Source:  WHOSIS Health Life Expectancy & World Bank