Life expectancy in PH at 71.79 years in 2024 —UN

Average life expectancy in the Philippines slightly improved in 2024, Bam Alegre reported in Unang Balita on Thursday, citing statistics from the United Nations (UN).

According to the UN, average life expectancy in the Philippines is 71.79 years in 2024, slightly up compared to 71.41 years in 2021.

Average life expectancy in Hong Kong and Japan, meanwhile, is 85 years while in Central African Republic it is 54 years.

The UN defines life expectancy as the average number of years that a newborn could expect to live if he or she were to pass through life subject to the age-specific mortality rates of a given period. —KBK, GMA Integrated News