Lao PDR · Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)

60.4 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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Reported estimates and independently qualified uncertainty endpoints
CountryYearReadingLower endpointUpper endpointPublisher note
Lao PDR200051.7346054750.8822729352.5396196
Lao PDR200152.2777440851.4963356753.18593895
Lao PDR200252.9011544552.1331420453.88709571
Lao PDR200353.4076662952.6737070654.1056503
Lao PDR200453.8779276753.2401175854.55806339
Lao PDR200554.4145457653.6777374955.20977569
Lao PDR200654.9752779854.2375574655.76516474
Lao PDR200755.5378778954.9815779856.36232434
Lao PDR200856.0694494655.3661057356.84880701
Lao PDR200956.6192791555.9106905257.54642477
Lao PDR201057.1727894756.4237119157.88826375
Lao PDR201157.7097373356.9933827158.52619825
Lao PDR201258.1437591457.3509580259.06230321
Lao PDR201358.5422283557.7343643259.36127623
Lao PDR201458.9562458258.2436210559.91283885
Lao PDR201559.3454076358.5785082860.18428813
Lao PDR201659.7398239558.9159315260.57307699
Lao PDR201760.0692963959.1004343961.01246645
Lao PDR201860.3448209459.4984803361.35200097
Lao PDR201960.5970970859.8176312861.51168762
Lao PDR202060.9357574960.0299916661.90757343
Lao PDR202160.4118030259.559136661.43706741

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.