Healthy life expectancy at birth in Latin America & the Caribbean 2019, by country
In 2019, Costa Rica and Chile were the Latin American countries with the highest healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth, with an average estimated healthy life span of around 70 years each. Peru and Colombia followed, where the number of healthy life years was calculated at 69.5 years and 69 years, respectively. In contrast, people born in Haiti that year were expected to live an average of less than 56 years in full health.