Life expectancy is the average number of years a person is expected to live. Depending on the healthcare, food, lifestyle, and living standards of a particular country, life expectancy changes. Life ...

Life expectancy across Africa continues to vary widely, reflecting disparities in healthcare access, disease burden and living conditions, according to new data for 2025.Algeria tops the continent ...

Once driven by dramatic drops in early-life mortality, life expectancy gains are now losing momentum, signaling that today’s generations may never match the near-linear longevity climb of the past.

New data indicates that life expectancy in Israel has jumped to almost a full additional year, leaving Israel at #4 in OECD rankings. Israel, with an average life expectancy of 83.8 years, climbed to ...

Figures for national life expectancy by country tend to be within bandwidths. At the moment, the US is relegated to the lower end by comparison with the rest of the world, one rank above Cuba. That is ...

New projections for U.S. life expectancy forecast a slight increase by 2050, though the nation is expected to fall behind many other nations in global health rankings, according to research published ...

Health outcomes reflect political choice. In countries where health is treated as a strategic priority, life expectancy rises ...

Life expectancy in the United States rose from 2023 to 2024, “reaching its highest level ever,” according to a press release ...