Trend · rank 207 of 250

Healthy lifespan divergence

Gains in survival are not consistently matched by years of good health, creating national differences in older people's capacity to work, live independently and avoid long-term care.

Human CapitalPeople, health & worklongevityhealth systemsinequality

Second pass: Added in the second pass. Held by two of the three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
207of 250
Sensitivity
5.8rank 196
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
25.6rank 180
Eigenvector
0.5
Betweenness
0.0
Links
8trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
12.2

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
80
Over a year
−15%Easing
Over three years
−33%
Peak
16129 Dec 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.41
Coverage
15languages · 44 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (15 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English40%114+11%
Japanese28%83−34%
Spanish6%86−12%
Russian6%100−12%
German6%99−3%
French4%104−16%
Persian2%103+1%
Polish2%87−12%
Chinese2%85−17%
Italian1%95−17%
Arabic1%112+10%
Dutch1%63−37%
Portuguese1%92+13%
Vietnamese1%107+2%
Ukrainian0%104+6%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

United Kingdom

United States

Australia

Ireland

Canada

New Zealand

Singapore

South Africa

Kenya

Philippines

United Arab Emirates

Norway

100

94

85

79

74

71

45

32

23

21

20

18

The 12 highest of 44 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English98+21%−1%−13%
EuropeGoogle in 8 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch92+9%−18%−15%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese87+14%−22%−13%
South AsiaGoogle in 3 countries75+3%−21%−42%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic98+6%+9%−4%
AfricaGoogle in 3 countries100+16%+5%−24%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese89+5%−7%−24%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian117+11%+48%+19%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle113+61%+7%−10%
AustraliaGoogle80+45%−21%−41%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese89−6%+7%−14%
CanadaGoogle80+44%−32%−37%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French110+23%−14%+13%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German90+6%−18%−16%
IndiaGoogle70+8%−33%−43%
IndonesiaGoogle92+13%−10%−21%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian115+24%+9%+8%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese89+17%−23%−7%
South KoreaGoogle89+7%+14%−23%
MexicoGoogle86+27%−18%−33%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian100+4%−12%−2%
South AfricaGoogle89+30%−18%−34%
TürkiyeGoogle99−9%+32%+26%
United KingdomGoogle53−14%−55%−59%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English99+24%+4%−14%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
4 · HighAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
2 · LowA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
1 · Very lowTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighPopulation ageingPeople, health & work96
4 · HighChronic disease & obesity burdenPeople, health & work98
3 · ModerateHealth workforce scarcityPeople, health & work48
3 · ModerateHealth system demand imbalancePeople, health & work56
3 · ModerateCare labour demand growthPeople, health & work86
3 · ModerateReproductive, maternal & child healthPeople, health & work123
3 · ModerateDigital & AI-supported carePeople, health & work179
3 · ModeratePersistently low fertilityPeople, health & work243