Bulgaria · Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)
62.4 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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 2000 | 62.75636839 | 62.26457643 | 63.37405382 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2001 | 62.90402444 | 62.33722065 | 63.63017457 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2002 | 63.14671824 | 62.4318079 | 63.76386963 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2003 | 63.31793589 | 62.68485614 | 63.98774787 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2004 | 63.47307916 | 62.92163742 | 64.08979358 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2005 | 63.51083043 | 62.86707048 | 64.15265271 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2006 | 63.64006332 | 62.91828555 | 64.19654284 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2007 | 63.89689453 | 63.30454291 | 64.5023715 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2008 | 64.15647997 | 63.55219401 | 64.78253942 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2009 | 64.42785577 | 63.70253044 | 65.09678071 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2010 | 64.52361963 | 63.94720406 | 65.18864307 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2011 | 64.84955708 | 64.14497785 | 65.47282792 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2012 | 65.03633307 | 64.46169674 | 65.75272489 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2013 | 65.42920506 | 64.77785792 | 66.1389289 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2014 | 65.15260742 | 64.65610114 | 65.81284365 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2015 | 65.30075052 | 64.65708188 | 65.97299804 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2016 | 65.46576108 | 64.90731829 | 66.13262036 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2017 | 65.44346267 | 64.88730186 | 66.19395159 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2018 | 65.546733 | 64.87408574 | 66.15677786 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2019 | 65.66690799 | 64.98916957 | 66.47482272 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2020 | 64.37926353 | 63.86139199 | 65.10172773 | — |
| Bulgaria | 2021 | 62.3889052 | 61.77879545 | 63.00260213 | — |
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.