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United States - Life Expectancy and Healthcare Spending per Capita 78.89

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 217 economies tracked

Latest value

78.89 (2024)

Global rank

#n/a of 217 economies

vs global median

1.1×

Growth since 1960

1.13×

Ranking Race — Life Expectancy and Healthcare Spending per Capita

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#15#29#43#57#7119601970198019902000201020202024#25#612021 overtook Antigua and Barbuda2023 overtook New Caledonia
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Real annual global ranks, 1960 - 2024. United States climbed from #25 to #61 (overtook Antigua and Barbuda). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for United States ↓

Key Events — United States

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1971
Nixon shock: end of gold convertibility curated

US suspends dollar-gold convertibility, Bretton Woods system ends.

1987
Black Monday stock crash curated

Dow falls 22.6% in a single day, triggering global market turbulence.

2008
Global financial crisis curated

Lehman Brothers collapse sets off the worst recession since the 1930s.

2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.

2021
Overtook Antigua and Barbuda in global rank auto
2023
Overtook New Caledonia in global rank auto

Life Expectancy and Healthcare Spending per Capita, 1960-2024

World Bank WDI · Years · linear scale · ranking in the race above
19601975199020052020202469.7772.8175.8578.89

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