Overview

• The World Health Organization's 2025 report reveals that people in the lowest-life-expectancy countries live, on average, 33 years less than those in the highest.
• Children born in poorer nations are 13 times more likely to die before the age of five compared to those in wealthier countries.
• Global progress on reducing health inequities has stalled due to conflict, pandemics, rising debt burdens, and structural discrimination.
• Currently, 3.8 billion people lack adequate social protection, with debt payments in the poorest countries quadrupling over the past decade, limiting public health investments.
• WHO calls for urgent cross-sectoral action to address income inequality, climate disruption, and systemic discrimination to reverse trends and save millions of lives.