Malawi · Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)
54.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2000 | 39.00917863 | 38.00933559 | 39.90970375 | — |
| Malawi | 2001 | 39.71436896 | 38.7516991 | 40.85778451 | — |
| Malawi | 2002 | 40.53004062 | 39.41084529 | 41.55875577 | — |
| Malawi | 2003 | 41.41332899 | 40.45584127 | 42.6277843 | — |
| Malawi | 2004 | 42.29888959 | 41.53578279 | 43.40468185 | — |
| Malawi | 2005 | 43.44472443 | 42.7075905 | 44.34604902 | — |
| Malawi | 2006 | 44.79271392 | 43.78786413 | 45.57621096 | — |
| Malawi | 2007 | 46.1668238 | 45.43559463 | 47.13284355 | — |
| Malawi | 2008 | 47.6540117 | 46.94011653 | 48.44749515 | — |
| Malawi | 2009 | 48.94155561 | 48.11105348 | 49.81290675 | — |
| Malawi | 2010 | 49.93269813 | 49.05218651 | 50.84033354 | — |
| Malawi | 2011 | 50.98246482 | 50.22057401 | 51.67577284 | — |
| Malawi | 2012 | 52.12809136 | 51.38687799 | 52.99791678 | — |
| Malawi | 2013 | 53.13317476 | 52.43158516 | 53.90730035 | — |
| Malawi | 2014 | 53.82379992 | 53.05933064 | 54.70639325 | — |
| Malawi | 2015 | 54.25269993 | 53.5004015 | 55.0958838 | — |
| Malawi | 2016 | 54.59109049 | 53.80884407 | 55.41889551 | — |
| Malawi | 2017 | 54.91824669 | 54.21377017 | 55.78708412 | — |
| Malawi | 2018 | 55.25522977 | 54.46453576 | 55.93417622 | — |
| Malawi | 2019 | 55.53671304 | 54.80272885 | 56.39659568 | — |
| Malawi | 2020 | 55.70998006 | 54.90620498 | 56.53849314 | — |
| Malawi | 2021 | 54.6681734 | 53.87650799 | 55.42616346 | — |
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.