South Africa · Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)
52.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2000 | 49.40035764 | 48.81296595 | 49.97366628 | — |
| South Africa | 2001 | 48.34494846 | 47.779875 | 48.94884619 | — |
| South Africa | 2002 | 47.07074324 | 46.56066879 | 47.6825444 | — |
| South Africa | 2003 | 45.93863664 | 45.3345451 | 46.52915704 | — |
| South Africa | 2004 | 45.36053684 | 44.82490795 | 45.95332716 | — |
| South Africa | 2005 | 45.16339037 | 44.64869369 | 45.69593556 | — |
| South Africa | 2006 | 45.21049814 | 44.71536032 | 45.74395335 | — |
| South Africa | 2007 | 45.85225535 | 45.31343326 | 46.38905452 | — |
| South Africa | 2008 | 46.66834195 | 46.09883671 | 47.28732191 | — |
| South Africa | 2009 | 47.76768007 | 47.15080359 | 48.40294506 | — |
| South Africa | 2010 | 49.23620874 | 48.68048922 | 49.94769409 | — |
| South Africa | 2011 | 50.83901213 | 50.28450459 | 51.42586153 | — |
| South Africa | 2012 | 52.22923022 | 51.57471596 | 52.84388787 | — |
| South Africa | 2013 | 53.26840623 | 52.64392309 | 53.84713563 | — |
| South Africa | 2014 | 53.83648312 | 53.21203404 | 54.47895285 | — |
| South Africa | 2015 | 54.24537473 | 53.60644461 | 54.84523655 | — |
| South Africa | 2016 | 54.74947162 | 54.16630861 | 55.39677243 | — |
| South Africa | 2017 | 55.45014033 | 54.78938476 | 56.15384479 | — |
| South Africa | 2018 | 55.9036875 | 55.23223252 | 56.61997245 | — |
| South Africa | 2019 | 56.29404412 | 55.67132187 | 57.01587094 | — |
| South Africa | 2020 | 55.03596828 | 54.30454092 | 55.75109212 | — |
| South Africa | 2021 | 52.75708232 | 52.03849915 | 53.35410437 | — |
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.