South Sudan · Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)

50.5 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
South Sudan200044.6100525543.2851081945.54063087
South Sudan200145.4840403944.431264946.54597801
South Sudan200246.139728844.8892271947.38768685
South Sudan200346.711434945.4727343147.82723638
South Sudan200447.4273925446.2089297848.48927478
South Sudan200547.9878015947.0928405849.08823812
South Sudan200648.4038671847.1885981549.44569081
South Sudan200749.0427178948.0471287550.20710343
South Sudan200849.6662506148.5790418150.98164756
South Sudan200949.8497385148.664786751.07313069
South Sudan201050.6675571349.4673314751.97067472
South Sudan201150.8641848249.749907752.00658182
South Sudan201251.1768475250.1751604752.30175321
South Sudan201350.9474389849.864861351.88099562
South Sudan201450.9932998150.0346083152.39090535
South Sudan201551.155001650.0894558552.18586114
South Sudan201651.0888976449.8517617652.45282568
South Sudan201750.8374326549.5414751.95323231
South Sudan201850.8284448249.7206085152.03152151
South Sudan201950.9564747149.794712352.26912545
South Sudan202050.8412554749.7184437952.09558304
South Sudan202150.5300172549.3490991951.94193609

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.