Iraq · Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)

61.0 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
Iraq200059.686302558.7917062260.69215
Iraq200159.9535396458.9669391460.97110385
Iraq200260.1527199459.3451994661.12584704
Iraq200359.2128739358.2254441260.30963773
Iraq200459.3276245258.2734046660.49489739
Iraq200559.0002582758.1429606159.95317752
Iraq200658.1245492557.3809760459.04069001
Iraq200758.2329382757.2962296559.24585873
Iraq200859.901752158.9689752360.8489905
Iraq200960.5762997559.7222482861.58186811
Iraq201060.9503983960.1305915362.12004805
Iraq201161.2220247960.4251757162.33119438
Iraq201261.4038455660.5010927862.30836817
Iraq201361.0377448360.1188244262.0198637
Iraq201460.1703235159.3347447261.21621674
Iraq201560.7907395759.8398552261.76608247
Iraq201660.8684659659.9366310561.80970619
Iraq201761.2493550160.3615914762.18060642
Iraq201862.4889945961.5529927163.68985517
Iraq201962.4058407961.6074011763.33828271
Iraq202060.3315476559.5214945161.32990486
Iraq202161.015818760.2379075462.01885849

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.