Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Latin America & Caribbean

Male life expectancy in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 72.95 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 37.5%.

2024 72.95 years +0.26% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 72.95 years2024
Period minimum 53.07 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Latin America & Caribbean, 1960–202450556065707519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 53.07 years1962: 54.01 years1964: 54.76 years1966: 55.66 years1968: 56.33 years1970: 56.74 years1972: 57.92 years1974: 58.69 years1976: 59.56 years1978: 60.44 years1980: 61 years1982: 61.66 years1984: 62.62 years1986: 63.44 years1988: 64.07 years1990: 64.66 years1992: 65.09 years1994: 65.81 years1996: 66.61 years1998: 67.2 years2000: 67.86 years2002: 68.52 years2004: 69.2 years2006: 69.83 years2008: 70.21 years2010: 70.4 years2012: 71.14 years2014: 71.58 years2016: 71.67 years2018: 72.08 years2020: 69.99 years2022: 71.68 years2024: 72.95 years
Change over the period: +19.88 (+37.46%) Average annual rate: 0.5 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 72.95 years
World 71.12 years
Male life expectancy — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 72.95 +0.19 +0.26%
2023 72.76 +1.08 +1.51%
2022 71.68 +3.09 +4.5%
2021 68.6 −1.39 −1.99%
2020 69.99 −2.28 −3.16%
2019 72.27 +0.19 +0.26%
2018 72.08 +0.22 +0.31%
2017 71.86 +0.19 +0.27%
2016 71.67 −0.11 −0.16%
2015 71.78 +0.2 +0.27%
2014 71.58 +0.18 +0.26%
2013 71.4 +0.26 +0.37%
2012 71.14 +0.28 +0.4%
2011 70.86 +0.46 +0.65%
2010 70.4 +0 +0%
2009 70.4 +0.19 +0.27%
2008 70.21 +0.16 +0.23%
2007 70.04 +0.22 +0.31%
2006 69.83 +0.27 +0.39%
2005 69.56 +0.36 +0.51%
2004 69.2 +0.34 +0.49%
2003 68.86 +0.34 +0.49%
2002 68.52 +0.41 +0.6%
2001 68.11 +0.25 +0.37%
2000 67.86 +0.3 +0.44%
1999 67.56 +0.37 +0.55%
1998 67.2 +0.2 +0.3%
1997 67 +0.39 +0.59%
1996 66.61 +0.4 +0.6%
1995 66.21 +0.39 +0.6%
1994 65.81 +0.41 +0.62%
1993 65.41 +0.32 +0.48%
1992 65.09 +0.2 +0.31%
1991 64.89 +0.23 +0.35%
1990 64.66 +0.3 +0.47%
1989 64.36 +0.28 +0.44%
1988 64.07 +0.33 +0.52%
1987 63.74 +0.31 +0.48%
1986 63.44 +0.61 +0.97%
1985 62.82 +0.21 +0.33%
1984 62.62 +0.37 +0.59%
1983 62.25 +0.59 +0.95%
1982 61.66 +0.29 +0.47%
1981 61.37 +0.37 +0.61%
1980 61 +0.28 +0.46%
1979 60.72 +0.27 +0.45%
1978 60.44 +0.36 +0.6%
1977 60.08 +0.52 +0.88%
1976 59.56 +0.35 +0.59%
1975 59.21 +0.51 +0.87%
1974 58.69 +0.38 +0.66%
1973 58.31 +0.39 +0.67%
1972 57.92 +0.42 +0.73%
1971 57.5 +0.76 +1.34%
1970 56.74 +0.12 +0.22%
1969 56.61 +0.29 +0.51%
1968 56.33 +0.31 +0.55%
1967 56.02 +0.36 +0.64%
1966 55.66 +0.54 +0.97%
1965 55.12 +0.36 +0.67%
1964 54.76 +0.37 +0.68%
1963 54.39 +0.38 +0.71%
1962 54.01 +0.41 +0.77%
1961 53.59 +0.52 +0.99%
1960 53.07

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.