Singapore’s Life Expectancy Falls For First Time Records Began in 1957
- Life expectancy fell more than 2 months to 83.5 years in 2021
- Covid-19 pandemic was the key driver of excess deaths
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Singapore’s life expectancy fell for the first time on record, driven by higher mortality rates from Covid-19, which was the fifth most common cause of death in the city-state last year.
Life expectancy at birth was 83.5 years in 2021, a drop of around two months compared with 83.7 years in 2019, data from the Department of Statistics showed. Life expectancy for women was 85.9 years, and 81.1 years for men, the data showed.