Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Belize

Life expectancy at birth in Belize in 2024 — 73.7 years. Ranked 120 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 28.5%.

2024 73.7 years +0.24% vs 2023
World rank 120of 217
Period maximum 73.7 years2024
Period minimum 52.9 years1961

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Belize, 1960–20245060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 57.4 years1962: 58.7 years1964: 59.8 years1966: 60.9 years1968: 62 years1970: 63 years1972: 64 years1974: 64.9 years1976: 65.8 years1978: 66.3 years1980: 66.9 years1982: 67.3 years1984: 68 years1986: 68.7 years1988: 69.4 years1990: 69.6 years1992: 69.6 years1994: 69.6 years1996: 69.4 years1998: 68.9 years2000: 68.9 years2002: 69.5 years2004: 70.2 years2006: 70.5 years2008: 70.7 years2010: 70.9 years2012: 71.1 years2014: 71.4 years2016: 71.8 years2018: 72.3 years2020: 71.6 years2022: 72.2 years2024: 73.7 years
Change over the period: +16.4 (+28.49%) Average annual rate: 0.39 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Belize 73.7 years
World 73.5 years
Central America computed 75 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Belize, by year Belize All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 73.7 +0.2 +0.24%
2023 73.6 +1.4 +1.91%
2022 72.2 +1.3 +1.8%
2021 70.9 −0.7 −0.93%
2020 71.6 −1 −1.37%
2019 72.6 +0.3 +0.35%
2018 72.3 +0.3 +0.36%
2017 72.1 +0.2 +0.3%
2016 71.8 +0.2 +0.27%
2015 71.6 +0.2 +0.29%
2014 71.4 +0.2 +0.23%
2013 71.3 +0.1 +0.2%
2012 71.1 +0.2 +0.22%
2011 71 +0.1 +0.14%
2010 70.9 +0.1 +0.1%
2009 70.8 +0.1 +0.2%
2008 70.7 +0 +0.02%
2007 70.7 +0.1 +0.17%
2006 70.5 +0.2 +0.28%
2005 70.3 +0.2 +0.26%
2004 70.2 +0.3 +0.48%
2003 69.8 +0.3 +0.42%
2002 69.5 +0.6 +0.85%
2001 68.9 +0 +0.05%
2000 68.9 −0.1 −0.09%
1999 69 +0.1 +0.1%
1998 68.9 −0.3 −0.4%
1997 69.2 −0.2 −0.26%
1996 69.4 −0.1 −0.17%
1995 69.5 −0.1 −0.15%
1994 69.6 −0 −0.01%
1993 69.6 −0 −0.01%
1992 69.6 −0 −0.06%
1991 69.6 +0.1 +0.11%
1990 69.6 +0 +0.05%
1989 69.5 +0.1 +0.19%
1988 69.4 +0.3 +0.42%
1987 69.1 +0.4 +0.53%
1986 68.7 +0.4 +0.58%
1985 68.3 +0.4 +0.58%
1984 68 +0.4 +0.52%
1983 67.6 +0.3 +0.39%
1982 67.3 +0.2 +0.36%
1981 67.1 +0.2 +0.32%
1980 66.9 +0.2 +0.31%
1979 66.7 +0.3 +0.51%
1978 66.3 +0.2 +0.31%
1977 66.1 +0.4 +0.56%
1976 65.8 +0.4 +0.59%
1975 65.4 +0.4 +0.68%
1974 64.9 +0.4 +0.7%
1973 64.5 +0.5 +0.72%
1972 64 +0.5 +0.75%
1971 63.5 +0.5 +0.8%
1970 63 +0.5 +0.88%
1969 62.5 +0.5 +0.87%
1968 62 +0.5 +0.85%
1967 61.4 +0.6 +0.95%
1966 60.9 +0.5 +0.84%
1965 60.4 +0.5 +0.86%
1964 59.8 +0.5 +0.88%
1963 59.3 +0.6 +0.98%
1962 58.7 +5.8 +10.95%
1961 52.9 −4.4 −7.75%
1960 57.4

Central America, 2024

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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.