UK falls down global ranks for life expectancy – analysis

Academics examined life expectancies around the world from 1952 to 2021.

Researchers say that the fall down the ranks has been decades in the making – including a rise in income inequalities in the UK during and after the 1980s (James Manning/PA) (PA Wire)

The UK is slipping down the global ranks when it comes life expectancy, according to new analysis

Researchers found that 70 years ago people in the UK had one of the longest life expectancies ratings in the world, ranking seventh globally behind countries such as Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

In 2021, the UK was ranked 29th, according to the new analysis, which has been published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.