Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Latin America & Caribbean

Life expectancy at birth in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 75.8 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 37.7%.

2024 75.8 years +0.23% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 75.8 years2024
Period minimum 55.1 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Latin America & Caribbean, 1960–20245060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 55.1 years1962: 56 years1964: 56.8 years1966: 57.8 years1968: 58.6 years1970: 58.9 years1972: 60.2 years1974: 61 years1976: 61.9 years1978: 63 years1980: 63.6 years1982: 64.4 years1984: 65.3 years1986: 66.1 years1988: 66.8 years1990: 67.5 years1992: 68.1 years1994: 68.8 years1996: 69.6 years1998: 70.2 years2000: 70.9 years2002: 71.6 years2004: 72.2 years2006: 72.8 years2008: 73.3 years2010: 73.4 years2012: 74.2 years2014: 74.6 years2016: 74.7 years2018: 75.1 years2020: 73.2 years2022: 74.6 years2024: 75.8 years
Change over the period: +20.7 (+37.66%) Average annual rate: 0.5 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 75.8 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 75.8 +0.2 +0.23%
2023 75.6 +1 +1.33%
2022 74.6 +2.8 +3.94%
2021 71.8 −1.4 −1.88%
2020 73.2 −2 −2.68%
2019 75.2 +0.2 +0.2%
2018 75.1 +0.2 +0.3%
2017 74.8 +0.2 +0.21%
2016 74.7 −0.1 −0.09%
2015 74.7 +0.2 +0.24%
2014 74.6 +0.2 +0.24%
2013 74.4 +0.2 +0.29%
2012 74.2 +0.2 +0.32%
2011 73.9 +0.5 +0.7%
2010 73.4 −0 −0.04%
2009 73.4 +0.2 +0.25%
2008 73.3 +0.2 +0.27%
2007 73.1 +0.2 +0.31%
2006 72.8 +0.3 +0.37%
2005 72.6 +0.4 +0.5%
2004 72.2 +0.3 +0.45%
2003 71.9 +0.3 +0.44%
2002 71.6 +0.4 +0.58%
2001 71.2 +0.3 +0.4%
2000 70.9 +0.3 +0.45%
1999 70.5 +0.4 +0.55%
1998 70.2 +0.2 +0.28%
1997 70 +0.4 +0.57%
1996 69.6 +0.4 +0.55%
1995 69.2 +0.4 +0.56%
1994 68.8 +0.4 +0.55%
1993 68.4 +0.3 +0.49%
1992 68.1 +0.3 +0.39%
1991 67.8 +0.3 +0.47%
1990 67.5 +0.3 +0.5%
1989 67.2 +0.3 +0.52%
1988 66.8 +0.4 +0.54%
1987 66.5 +0.3 +0.53%
1986 66.1 +0.6 +0.98%
1985 65.5 +0.2 +0.29%
1984 65.3 +0.4 +0.56%
1983 64.9 +0.5 +0.85%
1982 64.4 +0.3 +0.49%
1981 64.1 +0.4 +0.65%
1980 63.6 +0.3 +0.55%
1979 63.3 +0.3 +0.54%
1978 63 +0.4 +0.67%
1977 62.5 +0.6 +0.95%
1976 61.9 +0.4 +0.57%
1975 61.6 +0.6 +0.91%
1974 61 +0.4 +0.68%
1973 60.6 +0.5 +0.76%
1972 60.2 +0.4 +0.72%
1971 59.7 +0.8 +1.41%
1970 58.9 +0.1 +0.1%
1969 58.8 +0.3 +0.5%
1968 58.6 +0.3 +0.55%
1967 58.2 +0.4 +0.73%
1966 57.8 +0.5 +0.91%
1965 57.3 +0.4 +0.78%
1964 56.8 +0.4 +0.77%
1963 56.4 +0.4 +0.72%
1962 56 +0.4 +0.78%
1961 55.6 +0.5 +0.91%
1960 55.1

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.