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$16.4 trillion: the economic case for prevention

A McKinsey Health Institute and Abu Dhabi Future Health whitepaper models an upper-bound scenario in which eliminating modifiable behavioral, metabolic, and environmental risks could add $16.4 trillion to annual global GDP in 2050.

Sep 27, 2026By longevitydocs™ editors
$16.4 trillion: the economic case for prevention
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A McKinsey Health Institute and Abu Dhabi Future Health whitepaper models an upper-bound scenario in which eliminating modifiable behavioral, metabolic, and environmental risks could add $16.4 trillion to annual global GDP in 2050. The model also estimates a 12-year increase in healthy life expectancy at birth under that scenario. McKinsey

Originally published in The Longevity Medicine Intelligence newsletter (#108).

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