Health vs Wealth

(US and the World)

Country:
Healthy life expectancy:
GDP per capita:
What is the correlation between health and wealth? This visualization shows a strong link between healthy life expectancy and GDP per capita. Color-coding of UN-defined geographic regions captures differing levels of longevity and wealth worldwide. A tooltip provides information for each country. The United States is in 'flag blue.' OECD and WHO data are sourced from the 2019 World Happiness Report, a publication of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.