Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Jamaica

Male life expectancy in Jamaica in 2024 — 69.08 years. Ranked 140 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 11.4%.

2024 69.08 years +0.15% vs 2023
World rank 140of 217
Period maximum 70.67 years1991
Period minimum 62 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Jamaica, 1960–20246062.56567.57072.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 62 years1962: 62.81 years1964: 63.51 years1966: 63.99 years1968: 64.27 years1970: 64.6 years1972: 65.14 years1974: 65.82 years1976: 66.4 years1978: 66.85 years1980: 67.24 years1982: 67.72 years1984: 68.38 years1986: 69.21 years1988: 70.11 years1990: 70.65 years1992: 70.64 years1994: 70.28 years1996: 69.82 years1998: 69.48 years2000: 69.47 years2002: 69.53 years2004: 69.36 years2006: 68.94 years2008: 68.95 years2010: 69.58 years2012: 70.23 years2014: 70.28 years2016: 69.88 years2018: 69.2 years2020: 68.93 years2022: 69 years2024: 69.08 years
Change over the period: +7.08 (+11.41%) Average annual rate: 0.17 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Jamaica

Jamaica 69.08 years
World 71.12 years
Caribbean computed 70.1 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 73.58 years
Male life expectancy — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 69.08 +0.1 +0.15%
2023 68.98 −0.02 −0.03%
2022 69 +2.25 +3.38%
2021 66.74 −2.18 −3.16%
2020 68.93 −0.16 −0.23%
2019 69.09 −0.12 −0.17%
2018 69.2 −0.43 −0.61%
2017 69.63 −0.25 −0.35%
2016 69.88 −0.22 −0.32%
2015 70.1 −0.18 −0.25%
2014 70.28 −0.06 −0.09%
2013 70.34 +0.11 +0.16%
2012 70.23 +0.28 +0.39%
2011 69.95 +0.37 +0.53%
2010 69.58 +0.37 +0.53%
2009 69.21 +0.26 +0.38%
2008 68.95 +0.09 +0.14%
2007 68.86 −0.08 −0.12%
2006 68.94 −0.18 −0.27%
2005 69.13 −0.23 −0.33%
2004 69.36 −0.15 −0.22%
2003 69.51 −0.02 −0.03%
2002 69.53 +0.14 +0.21%
2001 69.38 −0.09 −0.13%
2000 69.47 +0.05 +0.07%
1999 69.43 −0.05 −0.07%
1998 69.48 −0.13 −0.18%
1997 69.61 −0.21 −0.3%
1996 69.82 −0.22 −0.32%
1995 70.04 −0.24 −0.34%
1994 70.28 −0.21 −0.29%
1993 70.48 −0.15 −0.22%
1992 70.64 −0.04 −0.05%
1991 70.67 +0.03 +0.04%
1990 70.65 +0.18 +0.26%
1989 70.46 +0.36 +0.51%
1988 70.11 +0.38 +0.54%
1987 69.73 +0.52 +0.75%
1986 69.21 +0.49 +0.72%
1985 68.72 +0.34 +0.5%
1984 68.38 +0.37 +0.55%
1983 68 +0.28 +0.41%
1982 67.72 +0.26 +0.39%
1981 67.46 +0.23 +0.34%
1980 67.24 +0.24 +0.36%
1979 66.99 +0.15 +0.22%
1978 66.85 +0.2 +0.3%
1977 66.64 +0.25 +0.38%
1976 66.4 +0.28 +0.43%
1975 66.11 +0.29 +0.44%
1974 65.82 +0.35 +0.53%
1973 65.48 +0.33 +0.51%
1972 65.14 +0.31 +0.48%
1971 64.83 +0.23 +0.36%
1970 64.6 +0.19 +0.3%
1969 64.41 +0.14 +0.22%
1968 64.27 +0.12 +0.19%
1967 64.15 +0.16 +0.25%
1966 63.99 +0.21 +0.33%
1965 63.78 +0.27 +0.42%
1964 63.51 +0.34 +0.53%
1963 63.18 +0.37 +0.59%
1962 62.81 +0.39 +0.63%
1961 62.42 +0.42 +0.67%
1960 62

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth for men. Men live shorter lives than women in practically every country in the world, and this is one of the most stable differences in all of demography — but the size of the gap varies severalfold: from two or three years in South Asia to ten and more in Eastern Europe, where excess male mortality at working ages is especially large.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by the male population rather than by the whole population: the share of men across countries ranges from 48 to 70 percent, and in countries with heavy labor migration the difference is substantial.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.