Healthy Longevity

Reimagining healthcare systems and innovation ecosystems to help people flourish from early life throughout older adulthood, ensuring more years are spent living in good health

We are living longer than ever before, yet many of those extra years are spent in poor health. As the global population ages, increasing healthspan – the number of years lived in good health – alongside lifespan has become critical. The shifting age structure of societies will affect economic growth, labor markets, healthcare systems, and equity around the world.

The McKinsey Health Institute (MHI) works with a global ecosystem to help people live better, longer lives at every stage of life by focusing on metabolic health, advancing longevity science, and prioritizing healthy aging.

Topics we explore

MHI collaborates with leading organizations across sectors to catalyze change in healthy longevity and explore topics, such as:
Generating economic returns for governments, companies, and philanthropies through investments in healthy aging interventions
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Understanding older adults’ heterogeneous needs and preferences
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Enabling life-long societal participation, including through more inclusive workforces
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Elevating metabolic health as a priority to enable better health for all and advance economies
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Accelerating progress in healthspan science to enable more years in good health
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Featured Collaborations

Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute
We have partnered with the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute to develop the FII Healthy Longevity Compass, a comprehensive report and interactive dashboard exploring the health and economic impact of healthy longevity. These were launched at the FII8 event, the Institute’s annual flagship event attended by over 2,500 world leaders across various sectors. At this event, we co-hosted a conclave on our findings with World Bank and Hevolution, with more than 35 global leaders participating in the discussion. The report translates insights from our Global Healthy Aging Survey (GHAS) into eight actionable avenues to promote healthy longevity across geographies. This continued collaboration has allowed us to further research what it takes to add years to life and life to years, demonstrating the potential of a multi-sectoral ecosystem of partners.
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Featured Impact

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Case study
Supporting Ohio’s ambition to be the “best place to age in the nation”
The Ohio Department of Aging joined forces with McKinsey to develop a comprehensive aging strategy. The work leveraged MHI healthy...
Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute
Collaboration
Healthy Longevity Navigator
MHI partnered with the Future Investment Initiative (FII)...
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OUR PEOPLE

Lars Hartenstein
Lars Hartenstein

Director of Healthy Longevity

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Hemant Ahlawat
Hemant Ahlawat

Global Leader

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Ulrike Deetjen
Ulrike Deetjen

Healthy Longevity Affiliated Leader

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Panco Georgiev

Healthy Longevity Affiliated Leader

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Katherine Linzer
Katherine Linzer

Healthy Longevity Affiliated Leader

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FEATURED INSIGHTS

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Interactive - McKinsey Health Institute
The health of nations: The return to better health, by country
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Explore how improving population health could deliver meaningful gains in healthy life and economic performance across countries.
Two hikers stand on a rocky mountain peak, wearing backpacks and looking out over a vast, scenic landscape. The expansive view and soft light convey a sense of adventure, achievement, and connection with nature.
Report - McKinsey Health Institute
The health of nations: Stronger health, stronger economies
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Poor health imposes a heavy human and economic toll. Scaling proven interventions could add nine healthy years to life and deliver $12.5 trillion in global economic gains by 2050.
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Article - McKinsey Health Institute
The economic case for investing in healthy aging: Lessons from the United States
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Investing $1 annually in healthy aging interventions can yield $3 in economic and healthcare benefits in the United States—and potentially in other countries.
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Report - McKinsey Health Institute
Healthspan science may enable healthier lives for all
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Biomedical interventions that materially affect the aging process and improve health outcomes may emerge in the future. Stakeholders can shape their roles in this potentially transformative field now.
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Report - McKinsey Health Institute
The path toward a metabolic health revolution
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The advent of weight management drugs such as GLP-1s have brought the treatment of obesity to the forefront of public attention, provoking a larger opportunity to work toward metabolic health for all.
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Interview - McKinsey Health Institute
The ‘evergreen economy’: Harnessing the power of healthy longevity
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Economist Andrew J. Scott, author of The 100-Year Life and The Longevity Imperative, discusses the opportunity for positive and profound change in an aging society.
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