Life expectancy

A Scotland where everybody thrives: Public Health Scotland’s strategic plan 2022 to 2025

Author / Creator: Public Health Scotland

Media type: Report

Date published: 2022

Specifically, we want to see life expectancy in Scotland start to improve again. We
want to see the difference in life expectancy between the poorest and wealthiest
areas get smaller


How stark are Scotland’s health inequalities?

Author / Creator: The Ferret

Media type: Report

Date published: 2023

After consistently increasing over the last four decades overall life expectancy stalled in Scotland in 2013-15


How Scotland Could Be One of the Happiest Countries in the World

Author / Creator: Bottom Line

Media type: Article

Date published: 2022

One of the most important indicators of a thriving economy and healthy society is that the people living in the country report high levels of happiness, life satisfaction and wellbeing.


An Index of Social and Economic Well-being (ISEW) across 32 OECD countries - 2006 to 2018

Author / Creator: John McLaren

Media type: survey report

Date published: January 2020

 Compares the indicators of income; education; longevity; and inclusivity for the OECD countries and the nations of the UK.