Belgium · Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)

69.8 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 independently qualified uncertainty endpoints
CountryYearReadingLower endpointUpper endpointPublisher note
Belgium200067.2142672966.480541367.99164049
Belgium200167.4006542366.6542463468.15452623
Belgium200267.4131125466.7179793168.3508302
Belgium200367.4681167666.7039799668.27673284
Belgium200467.9197583367.2672743968.65274808
Belgium200567.9406527967.3891216568.6679255
Belgium200668.1892550567.4451382468.93755949
Belgium200768.3975363667.5836889469.19960441
Belgium200868.3812454667.7109166769.15377251
Belgium200968.5532959567.6726563269.37689612
Belgium201068.5654559267.8597814769.34824851
Belgium201168.8047498668.0682567369.54346033
Belgium201268.7789446268.0487597569.59583915
Belgium201369.0036471168.2974703169.84057841
Belgium201469.4760405168.6518454470.26954562
Belgium201569.3586208468.56249670.13776062
Belgium201669.6415831568.9737566570.55334219
Belgium201769.7344232468.861072270.55616924
Belgium201869.834751268.968627170.7096503
Belgium201970.1024633169.3667513170.83261469
Belgium202069.3322006368.6448811770.12489369
Belgium202169.7946789568.9772352470.6882288

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