Global Life Expectancy Nearly Returns to Pre-Covid Level, WHO Says
The World Health Organization says global life expectancy reached 73.3 years in 2023, close to the 73.4 years recorded in 2019 before the pandemic.
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Global life expectancy has nearly returned to its pre-Covid level, according to the World Health Organization, reaching 73.3 years in 2023.
The figure is close to the 73.4 years recorded in 2019, the year before the coronavirus pandemic began significantly affecting global health outcomes and mortality rates.
The near-recovery suggests that many of the pandemic's most severe impacts on global mortality have eased in the years since, even as the figure has not yet fully matched pre-pandemic levels according to the data cited.
Life expectancy is widely used as a broad indicator of population health, reflecting the combined effects of factors such as healthcare access, disease prevalence, and overall living conditions across different countries and regions.
The WHO's figures likely reflect significant variation between countries and regions, even though the global average has moved back toward its pre-pandemic trajectory.
The data adds to ongoing global health monitoring efforts aimed at tracking how populations have recovered from the disruptions caused by the pandemic in recent years.
Sources
- L’espérance de vie mondiale est presque revenue à son niveau pré-Covid, selon l’OMS — Le Monde — Une
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