healthcare
China Life Expectancy at Birth
Latest
78.02years
Methodology
## What this measures
Life expectancy at birth in China, in years.
## Why it matters
China edged above the United States in 2020–22, while US life expectancy was falling; the US was back ahead by 2023.
## How to read it
Annual, dated December 31 of the reference year. Compare countries by trend, not by single years.
## What it does not say
Period measure; Chinese vital registration has known gaps.
## Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators (`SP.DYN.LE00.IN`), via api.worldbank.org. CC BY 4.0.
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