Taiwan's average life expectancy was 81.27 last year, up from 80.77 a year earlier, with Taipei recording the longest average of 83.98, the Ministry of the Interior said today.
Despite the year-on-year rise, Taiwan's national average life expectancy had not returned to the pre-COVID-19 peak of 81.32 in 2020, the ministry said.
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However, the average was higher than the global average of 73.5 last year, it added.
The ministry said the number of deaths moved lower for the third consecutive year as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic eased, down 1,674 from a year earlier to 199,639.
The number of deaths at ages of 65 or older was 151,936, accounting for 76.1 percent of the national total.
The average crude death rate fell 0.005 percentage points from a year earlier to 0.885 percent.
The average life expectancy of women and men rose 0.45 years and 0.51 years respectively from a year earlier to 84.75 and 77.93.
Average life expectancy for women returned to the pre-COVID-19 peak of 84.74 in 2020, but the average among men did not return to 2020's peak of 78.11.
Average life expectancy for both women and men was higher than the global average of 76.2 years and 70.9 years.
In Taipei, the average life expectancy rose from 83.4 in 2024 to 83.98 last year, the highest level in Taiwan, ahead of Hsinchu City (82.13 years) and New Taipei City (81.54 years).
Average life expectancy was the lowest in Taitung County at 76.49 years.
It was the only administrative area in Taiwan to report the average life expectancy below 77 years.
Taipei also recorded the highest life expectancy of 86.74 years among women in Taiwan last year, ahead of Hsinchu City (85.2 years), while the capital had the highest average life expectancy of 81.1 years among men, followed by Hsinchu City (79.1 years).
Taitung reported the lowest average life expectancy of 81.54 years for women and 72.3 years for men.
The latest data about individual administrative areas excluded Kinmen County, which saw a large population outflow, and Lienchiang County.
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