Ireland · Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)

70.0 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 uncertainty · 22 rows

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Reported estimates and independently qualified uncertainty endpoints
CountryYearReadingLower endpointUpper endpointPublisher note
Ireland200066.320320465.5936846467.0364143
Ireland200166.7661134966.0496190167.49495841
Ireland200267.0591279766.4243789667.76400441
Ireland200367.4375301666.6919602768.31421522
Ireland200467.6676728166.8567303268.40771792
Ireland200567.9608136667.259966768.59125809
Ireland200668.1569414867.375887268.93033544
Ireland200768.3741403667.5378100269.14810996
Ireland200868.5400268267.7234881869.335269
Ireland200968.4967276267.7991207769.33707055
Ireland201069.3253803668.6565508370.06324168
Ireland201169.1668273868.5099545170.00804777
Ireland201269.2834648968.652508770.03409345
Ireland201369.4825570768.7072224570.16644741
Ireland201469.7451900269.0060238670.59230842
Ireland201569.8386909468.9756272370.56987638
Ireland201670.0347139569.3854127270.75549487
Ireland201770.2052786369.3935604971.0894317
Ireland201870.3001030469.561773471.05984956
Ireland201970.4792030669.7452589471.39005762
Ireland202070.1042077669.3749656770.98334882
Ireland202170.0031842369.3080466370.81363091

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.