Sharp drop in life expectancy at birth in Switzerland in 2020
Neuchâtel, 25.10.2021 - In 2020, a year marked by COVID-19, life expectancy at birth fell to 81.0 for men and 85.1 for women, a decline of 0.9 and 0.5 years respectively compared with 2019. Men’s life expectancy at birth was then 81.9 and 85.6 for women. Such a decline had not been observed since 1944 among men and 1962 among women, according to the mortality tables calculated by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
This press release and further information on this topic can be found on the FSO website (see link below).
Address for enquiries
Raymond Kohli, FSO, Demography and Migration, tel.: +41 58 463 61 53,
e-mail: raymond.kohli@bfs.admin.ch
Publisher
Federal Statistical Office
http://www.statistics.admin.ch
