Spain, formerly in fourth place, edged out Japan to nab first, while Singapore (85.4), Switzerland (85.2) and Portugal (84.5) rounded out the remaining spots in the top five.Īccording to Agence France Presse, the United States’ decline sees it effectively switch places with China. The study, which was led by researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), drew on data from the 2016 Global Burden of Disease study to predict life expectancy in 195 countries and territories. As Ed Cara notes for Gizmodo, average life expectancy in 2016 was 78.7, just 1.1 fewer years than the 2040 projection. This staggering 21-spot plunge represents the largest decrease for a high-income nation and suggests that Americans born in 2040 won’t live much longer than those born in 2016. Newsweek’s Daniel Moritz-Rabson reports that the new rankings find the U.S. Comparatively, frontrunner Spain is forecast to boast an average lifespan of 85.8 years, while Japan sits at a close second with an expected lifespan of 85.7 years. Life expectancies across the globe are projected to rise by an average of 4.4 years over the next two decades, but a study recently published in The Lancetpredicts the United States will linger far behind other high-income nations, reaching an average lifespan of just 79.8 years by 2040.
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