France · Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)
70.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2000 | 67.977923 | 67.1690357 | 68.85777399 | — |
| France | 2001 | 68.03896953 | 67.3349037 | 68.7391372 | — |
| France | 2002 | 68.13999298 | 67.47827862 | 68.86189869 | — |
| France | 2003 | 68.11624448 | 67.34266838 | 68.92386657 | — |
| France | 2004 | 68.74525487 | 67.92965941 | 69.59786264 | — |
| France | 2005 | 68.75442008 | 68.05650179 | 69.48185954 | — |
| France | 2006 | 69.1178086 | 68.22450217 | 69.9607224 | — |
| France | 2007 | 69.33232446 | 68.6803796 | 70.10497831 | — |
| France | 2008 | 69.41530698 | 68.58166372 | 70.08766618 | — |
| France | 2009 | 69.55157387 | 68.82328782 | 70.32677334 | — |
| France | 2010 | 69.69814697 | 68.8295059 | 70.4284323 | — |
| France | 2011 | 69.96634497 | 69.03572485 | 70.77319338 | — |
| France | 2012 | 70.00449094 | 69.21364634 | 70.8926615 | — |
| France | 2013 | 70.19897377 | 69.30717872 | 71.15359813 | — |
| France | 2014 | 70.52421339 | 69.6368018 | 71.23077165 | — |
| France | 2015 | 70.2384988 | 69.46112799 | 71.04446087 | — |
| France | 2016 | 70.40952319 | 69.51750728 | 71.30676325 | — |
| France | 2017 | 70.50691196 | 69.72652225 | 71.40911933 | — |
| France | 2018 | 70.6050487 | 69.85407965 | 71.42159062 | — |
| France | 2019 | 70.71715121 | 69.99061358 | 71.6054984 | — |
| France | 2020 | 70.08042993 | 69.28122075 | 70.96854486 | — |
| France | 2021 | 70.08345936 | 69.20248715 | 70.90382361 | — |
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.