The United States has a lower life expectancy than any other developed country.

Posted by The Joe Rogan Experience, Nov 6, 2026Checked Nov 12, 2026

Polygraph verdictFalse

Sources: 1 contradict1 support1 context
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 75%

The Joe Rogan ExperienceNov 6, 2026

The literal claim that the US has lower life expectancy than every other developed country is contradicted: The Hill's report of OECD 2021 data places Latvia (73.1 years) below the US (76.4 years), and the US ranks below dozens of developed nations but not last.

This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.

What was said

… Like, like, like, like, that was the great liberal popular. It was, it was a worst, worst law in American history, exploded healthcare costs. We spend three times more than any other country today on healthcare, any country in the world, and live less than any other developed country. Like, the policy process is broken. It has to be fixed structurally. It's simple, but money in politics is a big fucking deal, and the leaders of the government, not President Trump, that I've seen, but, you know, Susie Wiles, and she's the same as many …

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What we found

Contradicts. The Hill, citing OECD Health at a Glance 2023 data for 2021, reports Latvia had the lowest life expectancy among OECD countries at 73.1 years, below the US at 76.4 years.[2]

Supports. The Hill reports the US trails dozens of developed nations in average life expectancy, placing it in a second group of countries between 75 and 80 years, behind Japan, Switzerland and Korea.[2]

Supports. PolitiFact's review of OECD figures for 2005 or 2006 found the US ranked 24th of 30 advanced nations, well below the average, which supports the claim that the US trails many peers.[1]

Context. Peterson-KFF finds US life expectancy hit a record 79.0 years in 2024 but remains about 3.7 years below the average of comparable wealthy OECD countries, so the gap with peers is real even though the US is not last.[3]

Context. The claim's extraction is faithful to the post, which says Americans 'live less than any other developed country,' so the verdict grades the literal superlative.