China · Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)
68.6 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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 2000 | 63.13352498 | 62.6692662 | 63.81337217 | — |
| China | 2001 | 63.40827723 | 62.79119799 | 64.10970217 | — |
| China | 2002 | 63.69965084 | 63.1194431 | 64.29686352 | — |
| China | 2003 | 63.9308959 | 63.41439213 | 64.52921478 | — |
| China | 2004 | 64.16723117 | 63.57381 | 64.7542819 | — |
| China | 2005 | 64.60210735 | 64.02773182 | 65.17849905 | — |
| China | 2006 | 65.28233172 | 64.6525968 | 65.9605836 | — |
| China | 2007 | 65.75216548 | 65.13493613 | 66.36204967 | — |
| China | 2008 | 65.91809038 | 65.36457876 | 66.65568976 | — |
| China | 2009 | 66.2762444 | 65.76748156 | 66.89066842 | — |
| China | 2010 | 66.51095588 | 65.96882766 | 67.31493961 | — |
| China | 2011 | 66.81696284 | 66.3072633 | 67.45763377 | — |
| China | 2012 | 67.15763099 | 66.55279867 | 67.82863346 | — |
| China | 2013 | 67.43238082 | 66.77718975 | 68.20865681 | — |
| China | 2014 | 67.70090126 | 67.07381379 | 68.38277385 | — |
| China | 2015 | 67.93292823 | 67.39016168 | 68.6797864 | — |
| China | 2016 | 68.0808607 | 67.53499002 | 68.81956474 | — |
| China | 2017 | 68.22865018 | 67.62395035 | 68.98245892 | — |
| China | 2018 | 68.34465944 | 67.74340727 | 69.12405958 | — |
| China | 2019 | 68.45295916 | 67.69811366 | 69.23129213 | — |
| China | 2020 | 68.51324163 | 67.60481866 | 69.40880742 | — |
| China | 2021 | 68.58451615 | 67.7569894 | 69.46346859 | — |
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.