Hill November 7, 2023
The United States trails dozens of other developed nations when it comes to average life expectancy, new research shows.
According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Health at a Glance report, the U.S. currently ranks worse than average for life expectancy, compared to other developed countries.
As of 2021, the OECD’s average life expectancy rate was 80.3 years old. Switzerland had the highest life expectancy at 83.9 years of age, while Latvia had the lowest age at 73.1 years old. The United States ranked worse than several other countries, with 76.4 years as its life expectancy.
“Japan, Switzerland and Korea lead a large group of 27 OECD countries in which life expectancy at birth exceeded 80 years...
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