Global Life Expectancy Nears Pre-Covid Level, WHO Says
Global life expectancy has nearly returned to pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels, but gains in healthy life expectancy have recovered more slowly, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO said in its annual Global Health Estimates report that global life expectancy reached 73.3 years in 2023, compared with 73.4 years in 2019 before the pandemic….