Zambia · Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)
53.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 2000 | 38.89197983 | 37.77928332 | 40.03285249 | — |
| Zambia | 2001 | 39.30980385 | 38.31018546 | 40.38034324 | — |
| Zambia | 2002 | 40.032304 | 38.93696071 | 41.1948219 | — |
| Zambia | 2003 | 41.15664249 | 40.11445782 | 42.22972057 | — |
| Zambia | 2004 | 42.56884362 | 41.61291614 | 43.50920165 | — |
| Zambia | 2005 | 43.79955293 | 42.90503241 | 44.7386741 | — |
| Zambia | 2006 | 45.03264787 | 44.32638308 | 45.9027197 | — |
| Zambia | 2007 | 46.56791691 | 45.71178297 | 47.39963432 | — |
| Zambia | 2008 | 48.11215208 | 47.303728 | 49.17225882 | — |
| Zambia | 2009 | 49.21949057 | 48.40981617 | 50.12530934 | — |
| Zambia | 2010 | 49.92398062 | 48.85128504 | 50.75607899 | — |
| Zambia | 2011 | 50.46861683 | 49.58347639 | 51.46683268 | — |
| Zambia | 2012 | 51.07565822 | 50.15207559 | 52.03212028 | — |
| Zambia | 2013 | 51.69497502 | 50.77823368 | 52.77237518 | — |
| Zambia | 2014 | 52.25649549 | 51.22319918 | 53.34050255 | — |
| Zambia | 2015 | 52.65751174 | 51.8352581 | 53.50265437 | — |
| Zambia | 2016 | 53.13472021 | 52.26566568 | 54.28012801 | — |
| Zambia | 2017 | 53.41062819 | 52.24336533 | 54.56779633 | — |
| Zambia | 2018 | 53.54286138 | 52.70389237 | 54.62065517 | — |
| Zambia | 2019 | 53.8691716 | 52.70586899 | 54.97951689 | — |
| Zambia | 2020 | 53.91470698 | 52.94357097 | 54.86541726 | — |
| Zambia | 2021 | 52.97009434 | 52.09901248 | 54.03486664 | — |
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.