Australia · Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)

70.6 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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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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Reported estimates and independently qualified uncertainty endpoints
CountryYearReadingLower endpointUpper endpointPublisher note
Australia200068.1123339667.3501022968.97452768
Australia200168.4108219767.7631804369.28290409
Australia200268.4392023267.6137206269.30704188
Australia200368.680429167.9341370369.45066707
Australia200468.8019720168.0907570769.48507105
Australia200568.8453731268.1773988169.77048046
Australia200668.9883359368.2055522769.892019
Australia200769.2197036968.3267317169.98253565
Australia200869.1939399568.4386066770.05846101
Australia200969.4915957568.5939842170.35433104
Australia201069.6273232268.8150877570.56317176
Australia201169.6559611468.8352763570.44129181
Australia201269.9342222368.8795382170.83861381
Australia201370.0944375269.3308822170.89065723
Australia201470.0649322169.2397733471.0662108
Australia201570.0368991669.213427470.98336077
Australia201670.2654241569.4190456371.13128244
Australia201770.3175037969.52599571.21839632
Australia201870.5417874369.7767341871.50783325
Australia201970.2564452469.300276171.20951012
Australia202070.7329019769.8255728171.66810631
Australia202170.6063582169.8976224571.62428332

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.