Switzerland · Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)

71.1 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
Switzerland200068.3538846167.7352590869.21959552
Switzerland200168.6702650367.9335558769.44721397
Switzerland200268.9678354968.2552626869.74092586
Switzerland200369.0599932668.4249982469.8764795
Switzerland200469.4990305568.7382004970.28126865
Switzerland200569.6739404268.9005440570.47622877
Switzerland200669.8743324669.2125529270.56573985
Switzerland200769.9883025269.2018854670.81387152
Switzerland200870.146643269.4370508871.08659941
Switzerland200970.1348230969.3480121570.92437654
Switzerland201070.3601599469.5616672971.19559076
Switzerland201170.5029516369.7393043771.49339113
Switzerland201270.5568574869.6666719271.36894672
Switzerland201370.6364008869.8691860471.62698341
Switzerland201470.9207761170.1290863171.76844942
Switzerland201570.7569481369.8848014271.61653569
Switzerland201671.1951694670.429096872.08103552
Switzerland201771.2201169470.4804562872.09966321
Switzerland201871.3582844470.5978682172.34513233
Switzerland201971.5250814470.6563781272.46221925
Switzerland202070.868836970.1428646671.69535988
Switzerland202171.1491593670.4104754471.94595345

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.