United Kingdom · Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)
68.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2000 | 67.27734039 | 66.59320432 | 68.05959392 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2001 | 67.34223298 | 66.67849613 | 68.04157602 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2002 | 67.45045469 | 66.75045972 | 68.20728559 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2003 | 67.52331 | 66.77225286 | 68.16733837 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2004 | 67.9211325 | 67.1907468 | 68.74277702 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2005 | 68.10253997 | 67.37966211 | 68.86524032 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2006 | 68.31344755 | 67.58716125 | 69.06607914 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2007 | 68.4373383 | 67.69706797 | 69.25632655 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2008 | 68.50792523 | 67.75797354 | 69.29428965 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2009 | 68.84473139 | 68.07513709 | 69.63428115 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2010 | 69.00570097 | 68.37671158 | 69.79801608 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2011 | 69.28706317 | 68.59046356 | 70.11473585 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2012 | 69.31050261 | 68.46717523 | 69.97003216 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2013 | 69.34533083 | 68.5388524 | 70.07530663 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2014 | 69.51872089 | 68.78632949 | 70.28919233 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2015 | 69.33389781 | 68.53087075 | 70.10378918 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2016 | 69.43578812 | 68.7523386 | 70.21200366 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2017 | 69.53511162 | 68.8868437 | 70.39788025 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2018 | 69.31454909 | 68.57272338 | 70.33625967 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2019 | 69.73674837 | 68.89908547 | 70.51192883 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2020 | 68.75005014 | 68.04199619 | 69.65400416 | — |
| United Kingdom | 2021 | 68.63631371 | 67.8441073 | 69.49393517 | — |
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.