Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Cayman Islands

Life expectancy at birth in the Cayman Islands in 2024 — 80.5 years. Ranked 50 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 37%.

2024 80.5 years +0.23% vs 2023
World rank 50of 217
Period maximum 80.5 years2024
Period minimum 58.8 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Cayman Islands, 1960–2024506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 58.8 years1962: 60.1 years1964: 61.4 years1966: 62.8 years1968: 63.6 years1970: 64.4 years1972: 65.4 years1974: 66.5 years1976: 67.5 years1978: 68.5 years1980: 69.5 years1982: 70.4 years1984: 71.2 years1986: 71.9 years1988: 72.4 years1990: 72.7 years1992: 73.1 years1994: 73.4 years1996: 73.7 years1998: 74.1 years2000: 74.4 years2002: 74.6 years2004: 74.6 years2006: 75 years2008: 75.4 years2010: 76.1 years2012: 77.1 years2014: 77.9 years2016: 78.4 years2018: 78.8 years2020: 79.2 years2022: 80 years2024: 80.5 years
Change over the period: +21.8 (+37.01%) Average annual rate: 0.49 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Cayman Islands 80.5 years
World 73.5 years
Caribbean computed 73.1 years
High-income countries computed 80.4 years
Life expectancy at birth — Cayman Islands, by year Cayman Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 80.5 +0.2 +0.23%
2023 80.4 +0.4 +0.47%
2022 80 +0.7 +0.86%
2021 79.3 +0.1 +0.09%
2020 79.2 +0.2 +0.23%
2019 79.1 +0.2 +0.28%
2018 78.8 +0.2 +0.28%
2017 78.6 +0.2 +0.32%
2016 78.4 +0.2 +0.32%
2015 78.1 +0.3 +0.33%
2014 77.9 +0.2 +0.27%
2013 77.7 +0.5 +0.69%
2012 77.1 +0.6 +0.73%
2011 76.6 +0.5 +0.65%
2010 76.1 +0.4 +0.53%
2009 75.7 +0.3 +0.38%
2008 75.4 +0.2 +0.31%
2007 75.2 +0.2 +0.2%
2006 75 +0.1 +0.18%
2005 74.9 +0.3 +0.36%
2004 74.6 −0 −0.06%
2003 74.6 +0 +0.04%
2002 74.6 +0.1 +0.11%
2001 74.5 +0.2 +0.2%
2000 74.4 +0.1 +0.2%
1999 74.2 +0.2 +0.21%
1998 74.1 +0.2 +0.24%
1997 73.9 +0.2 +0.22%
1996 73.7 +0.1 +0.19%
1995 73.6 +0.2 +0.24%
1994 73.4 +0.2 +0.23%
1993 73.3 +0.2 +0.22%
1992 73.1 +0.2 +0.24%
1991 72.9 +0.2 +0.23%
1990 72.7 +0.2 +0.27%
1989 72.5 +0.2 +0.27%
1988 72.4 +0.2 +0.31%
1987 72.1 +0.3 +0.36%
1986 71.9 +0.3 +0.43%
1985 71.6 +0.4 +0.52%
1984 71.2 +0.3 +0.49%
1983 70.8 +0.4 +0.61%
1982 70.4 +0.5 +0.65%
1981 70 +0.5 +0.67%
1980 69.5 +0.5 +0.68%
1979 69 +0.5 +0.71%
1978 68.5 +0.5 +0.67%
1977 68.1 +0.5 +0.79%
1976 67.5 +0.5 +0.75%
1975 67 +0.6 +0.83%
1974 66.5 +0.6 +0.91%
1973 65.9 +0.5 +0.8%
1972 65.4 +0.5 +0.83%
1971 64.8 +0.4 +0.69%
1970 64.4 +0.4 +0.65%
1969 64 +0.4 +0.58%
1968 63.6 +0.4 +0.62%
1967 63.2 +0.4 +0.58%
1966 62.8 +0.7 +1.05%
1965 62.2 +0.8 +1.22%
1964 61.4 +0.7 +1.08%
1963 60.8 +0.7 +1.15%
1962 60.1 +0.7 +1.12%
1961 59.4 +0.6 +1.1%
1960 58.8

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.