Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Cabo Verde

Life expectancy at birth in Cabo Verde in 2024 — 76.2 years. Ranked 98 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 56.5%.

2024 76.2 years +0.22% vs 2023
World rank 98of 217
Period maximum 76.2 years2024
Period minimum 48.7 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Cabo Verde, 1960–2024405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 48.7 years1962: 50.2 years1964: 52.1 years1966: 53.9 years1968: 55.4 years1970: 56.6 years1972: 57.5 years1974: 58.4 years1976: 59.4 years1978: 60.4 years1980: 61 years1982: 61.5 years1984: 61.8 years1986: 62.6 years1988: 63.2 years1990: 63.9 years1992: 64.3 years1994: 64.6 years1996: 65.5 years1998: 66.7 years2000: 68.1 years2002: 69.4 years2004: 70.5 years2006: 71.3 years2008: 71.9 years2010: 72.5 years2012: 73.3 years2014: 73.8 years2016: 74.4 years2018: 74.8 years2020: 73.8 years2022: 75.9 years2024: 76.2 years
Change over the period: +27.5 (+56.48%) Average annual rate: 0.7 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Cabo Verde 76.2 years
World 73.5 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
Western Africa computed 58.7 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 70.1 years
Life expectancy at birth — Cabo Verde, by year Cabo Verde All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 76.2 +0.2 +0.22%
2023 76.1 +0.2 +0.2%
2022 75.9 +1.5 +1.99%
2021 74.4 +0.6 +0.82%
2020 73.8 −1.6 −2.16%
2019 75.4 +0.6 +0.81%
2018 74.8 +0.1 +0.17%
2017 74.7 +0.4 +0.48%
2016 74.4 +0.3 +0.34%
2015 74.1 +0.3 +0.42%
2014 73.8 +0.3 +0.42%
2013 73.5 +0.2 +0.23%
2012 73.3 +0.4 +0.55%
2011 72.9 +0.4 +0.56%
2010 72.5 +0.4 +0.51%
2009 72.1 +0.3 +0.35%
2008 71.9 +0.4 +0.56%
2007 71.5 +0.1 +0.2%
2006 71.3 +0.4 +0.57%
2005 70.9 +0.4 +0.62%
2004 70.5 +0.5 +0.7%
2003 70 +0.6 +0.8%
2002 69.4 +0.7 +1.08%
2001 68.7 +0.6 +0.87%
2000 68.1 +0.7 +1.05%
1999 67.4 +0.7 +1.04%
1998 66.7 +0.6 +0.96%
1997 66.1 +0.6 +0.86%
1996 65.5 +1.8 +2.87%
1995 63.7 −1 −1.48%
1994 64.6 +0.2 +0.29%
1993 64.5 +0.2 +0.32%
1992 64.3 +0.2 +0.29%
1991 64.1 +0.2 +0.31%
1990 63.9 +0.3 +0.48%
1989 63.6 +0.3 +0.51%
1988 63.2 +0.3 +0.53%
1987 62.9 +0.3 +0.52%
1986 62.6 +0.3 +0.49%
1985 62.3 +0.5 +0.73%
1984 61.8 +0.1 +0.1%
1983 61.8 +0.2 +0.4%
1982 61.5 +0.2 +0.36%
1981 61.3 +0.3 +0.44%
1980 61 +0.3 +0.5%
1979 60.7 +0.3 +0.57%
1978 60.4 +0.4 +0.66%
1977 60 +0.6 +0.99%
1976 59.4 +0.4 +0.71%
1975 59 +0.5 +0.93%
1974 58.4 +0.5 +0.78%
1973 58 +0.5 +0.86%
1972 57.5 +0.5 +0.8%
1971 57 +0.5 +0.83%
1970 56.6 +0.5 +0.93%
1969 56 +0.6 +1.1%
1968 55.4 +0.7 +1.3%
1967 54.7 +0.8 +1.47%
1966 53.9 +0.9 +1.66%
1965 53 +1 +1.83%
1964 52.1 +0.9 +1.85%
1963 51.1 +0.9 +1.8%
1962 50.2 +0.8 +1.66%
1961 49.4 +0.7 +1.45%
1960 48.7

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.