Afghanistan · Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)
50.4 years2021
Unit: years. Publisher measure: Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth (years).
Healthy life expectancy at birth for the country population, both sexes: equivalent years in full health under reference-year mortality and morbidity.
Measurement basis: WHO modelled healthy life expectancy estimates using the Sullivan method with morbidity adjustment.
Reference-period cadence: annual.
Source update cadence: biennial. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.
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A “<” sign means strictly below the stated number. Numeric readings and uncertainty endpoints keep their own comparison signs. A number without a sign does not establish certainty or an observed outcome.
World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 22 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2000 | 46.02795049 | 44.93960224 | 47.30857785 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2001 | 46.11612077 | 44.90757006 | 47.03309825 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2002 | 47.18485205 | 46.14795205 | 48.30851999 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2003 | 47.97795335 | 47.01645214 | 48.97600648 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2004 | 48.32476083 | 47.31193506 | 49.32504157 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2005 | 48.60924591 | 47.61163955 | 49.84027906 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2006 | 48.78661975 | 47.82142217 | 49.79952512 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2007 | 49.00634401 | 47.91055007 | 50.1350765 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2008 | 49.54812824 | 48.55769957 | 50.78334872 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2009 | 50.07140251 | 49.15993592 | 51.13337498 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2010 | 50.47166603 | 49.29166132 | 51.82917877 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2011 | 50.93310189 | 49.88857984 | 52.06000427 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2012 | 51.25516665 | 50.35566579 | 52.38238082 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2013 | 51.69269492 | 50.70459764 | 52.61211777 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2014 | 51.69511692 | 50.69501289 | 52.70105701 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2015 | 51.61706961 | 50.57063569 | 52.83726791 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2016 | 51.65871621 | 50.69908566 | 52.70489165 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2017 | 52.04833652 | 51.26702234 | 52.94237453 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2018 | 51.72087439 | 50.87481442 | 52.76886505 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2019 | 52.30937005 | 51.42343668 | 53.1763377 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2020 | 51.65582147 | 50.73312358 | 52.74046041 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2021 | 50.44624351 | 49.61510193 | 51.44210992 | — |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.