Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Bahamas

Life expectancy at birth in the Bahamas in 2024 — 74.7 years. Ranked 109 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 19.6%.

2024 74.7 years +0.21% vs 2023
World rank 109of 217
Period maximum 74.7 years2024
Period minimum 62.5 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Bahamas, 1960–20246065707519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 62.5 years1962: 63.2 years1964: 63.9 years1966: 64.6 years1968: 65.4 years1970: 66.2 years1972: 66.8 years1974: 67.6 years1976: 68.5 years1978: 68.9 years1980: 69.1 years1982: 69.7 years1984: 70.2 years1986: 70.3 years1988: 70.5 years1990: 70.9 years1992: 71.3 years1994: 71.4 years1996: 71.5 years1998: 71.8 years2000: 72.5 years2002: 73 years2004: 73.2 years2006: 73.5 years2008: 73.4 years2010: 73.4 years2012: 73.7 years2014: 74 years2016: 74 years2018: 74.1 years2020: 73 years2022: 74.5 years2024: 74.7 years
Change over the period: +12.3 (+19.62%) Average annual rate: 0.28 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Bahamas 74.7 years
World 73.5 years
Caribbean computed 73.1 years
High-income countries computed 80.4 years
Life expectancy at birth — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 74.7 +0.2 +0.21%
2023 74.6 +0.1 +0.08%
2022 74.5 +3.7 +5.28%
2021 70.8 −2.2 −3.07%
2020 73 +1.6 +2.22%
2019 71.4 −2.7 −3.58%
2018 74.1 +0 +0.04%
2017 74 −0 −0.01%
2016 74 +0.2 +0.32%
2015 73.8 −0.2 −0.3%
2014 74 +0.1 +0.13%
2013 73.9 +0.2 +0.3%
2012 73.7 +0.1 +0.18%
2011 73.6 +0.1 +0.17%
2010 73.4 −0 −0.01%
2009 73.5 +0 +0.01%
2008 73.4 −0 −0.02%
2007 73.5 +0 +0.01%
2006 73.5 +0 +0.06%
2005 73.4 +0.2 +0.24%
2004 73.2 +0 +0.03%
2003 73.2 +0.2 +0.26%
2002 73 +0.3 +0.35%
2001 72.8 +0.3 +0.39%
2000 72.5 +0.3 +0.46%
1999 72.1 +0.3 +0.43%
1998 71.8 +0.2 +0.34%
1997 71.6 +0.1 +0.19%
1996 71.5 +0 +0.06%
1995 71.4 −0 −0.01%
1994 71.4 +0 +0.01%
1993 71.4 +0.1 +0.17%
1992 71.3 +0.1 +0.16%
1991 71.2 +0.2 +0.34%
1990 70.9 +0.2 +0.32%
1989 70.7 +0.2 +0.3%
1988 70.5 +0.1 +0.18%
1987 70.4 +0.1 +0.1%
1986 70.3 +0 +0.04%
1985 70.3 +0.1 +0.14%
1984 70.2 +0.2 +0.27%
1983 70 +0.3 +0.46%
1982 69.7 +0.3 +0.45%
1981 69.4 +0.3 +0.4%
1980 69.1 +0.1 +0.19%
1979 69 +0.1 +0.13%
1978 68.9 +0.1 +0.16%
1977 68.8 +0.2 +0.34%
1976 68.5 +0.4 +0.57%
1975 68.1 +0.6 +0.82%
1974 67.6 +0.4 +0.65%
1973 67.1 +0.4 +0.55%
1972 66.8 +0.3 +0.38%
1971 66.5 +0.4 +0.55%
1970 66.2 +0.4 +0.59%
1969 65.8 +0.4 +0.57%
1968 65.4 +0.4 +0.57%
1967 65 +0.4 +0.68%
1966 64.6 +0.3 +0.49%
1965 64.3 +0.4 +0.59%
1964 63.9 +0.4 +0.57%
1963 63.5 +0.3 +0.55%
1962 63.2 +0.4 +0.6%
1961 62.8 +0.4 +0.57%
1960 62.5

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates stayed the same as in the year of calculation. It is not a forecast for any individual but a summary measure of the current mortality regime: the indicator falls sharply in years of epidemics and wars and recovers just as fast.

Important: The indicator is highly sensitive to infant mortality: a decline there adds more years than an improvement in the health of the elderly.

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