Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Barbados

Life expectancy at birth in Barbados in 2024 — 76.3 years. Ranked 96 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 19%.

2024 76.3 years +0.2% vs 2023
World rank 96of 217
Period maximum 76.6 years2020
Period minimum 64.1 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Barbados, 1960–2024606570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 64.1 years1962: 65.7 years1964: 66.7 years1966: 67.7 years1968: 68.2 years1970: 68.5 years1972: 69.1 years1974: 69.4 years1976: 70.1 years1978: 71.1 years1980: 72.1 years1982: 72.9 years1984: 73.3 years1986: 73.4 years1988: 73.4 years1990: 73.5 years1992: 73.6 years1994: 73.8 years1996: 74.1 years1998: 74.5 years2000: 74.6 years2002: 74.8 years2004: 75.2 years2006: 75 years2008: 75.3 years2010: 75.5 years2012: 75.7 years2014: 75.9 years2016: 76.2 years2018: 76.4 years2020: 76.6 years2022: 75.7 years2024: 76.3 years
Change over the period: +12.2 (+18.99%) Average annual rate: 0.27 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Barbados 76.3 years
World 73.5 years
Caribbean computed 73.1 years
High-income countries computed 80.4 years
Life expectancy at birth — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 76.3 +0.2 +0.2%
2023 76.2 +0.5 +0.66%
2022 75.7 −0.9 −1.18%
2021 76.6 −0.1 −0.09%
2020 76.6 +0.2 +0.2%
2019 76.5 +0.1 +0.15%
2018 76.4 +0.1 +0.18%
2017 76.2 +0.1 +0.09%
2016 76.2 +0.1 +0.15%
2015 76.1 +0.1 +0.17%
2014 75.9 +0.1 +0.15%
2013 75.8 +0.1 +0.1%
2012 75.7 +0.1 +0.18%
2011 75.6 +0.1 +0.15%
2010 75.5 +0 +0.04%
2009 75.5 +0.2 +0.21%
2008 75.3 +0 +0.05%
2007 75.3 +0.2 +0.29%
2006 75 +0.1 +0.12%
2005 75 −0.2 −0.25%
2004 75.2 +0.3 +0.38%
2003 74.9 +0 +0.06%
2002 74.8 +0.1 +0.15%
2001 74.7 +0.1 +0.17%
2000 74.6 −0 −0.01%
1999 74.6 +0.1 +0.16%
1998 74.5 +0.5 +0.64%
1997 74 −0.1 −0.1%
1996 74.1 +0.2 +0.25%
1995 73.9 +0.1 +0.17%
1994 73.8 +0 +0.02%
1993 73.7 +0.1 +0.18%
1992 73.6 +0.1 +0.09%
1991 73.5 +0.1 +0.11%
1990 73.5 +0.1 +0.12%
1989 73.4 −0.1 −0.08%
1988 73.4 −0 −0.04%
1987 73.5 +0 +0.06%
1986 73.4 +0.1 +0.14%
1985 73.3 +0 +0.02%
1984 73.3 +0.1 +0.2%
1983 73.2 +0.3 +0.35%
1982 72.9 +0.3 +0.38%
1981 72.6 +0.5 +0.69%
1980 72.1 +0.6 +0.81%
1979 71.5 +0.4 +0.57%
1978 71.1 +0.5 +0.71%
1977 70.6 +0.5 +0.75%
1976 70.1 +0.3 +0.46%
1975 69.8 +0.4 +0.59%
1974 69.4 +0.3 +0.39%
1973 69.1 −0 −0.03%
1972 69.1 +0.3 +0.5%
1971 68.8 +0.3 +0.39%
1970 68.5 +0 +0.02%
1969 68.5 +0.3 +0.45%
1968 68.2 +0.3 +0.41%
1967 67.9 +0.2 +0.31%
1966 67.7 +0.5 +0.7%
1965 67.2 +0.6 +0.84%
1964 66.7 +0.5 +0.72%
1963 66.2 +0.5 +0.74%
1962 65.7 +0.7 +1.05%
1961 65 +0.9 +1.38%
1960 64.1

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.