Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Saint Lucia

Life expectancy at birth in Saint Lucia in 2024 — 72.8 years. Ranked 127 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 25.9%.

2024 72.8 years +0.2% vs 2023
World rank 127of 217
Period maximum 73 years2008
Period minimum 57.9 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Saint Lucia, 1960–2024556065707519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 57.9 years1962: 59.9 years1964: 61.3 years1966: 62.5 years1968: 63.7 years1970: 64.3 years1972: 64.6 years1974: 65.4 years1976: 66.2 years1978: 67.4 years1980: 67.8 years1982: 69 years1984: 70.5 years1986: 70.2 years1988: 69.7 years1990: 70 years1992: 70.7 years1994: 71.1 years1996: 71 years1998: 70.7 years2000: 70.8 years2002: 71.7 years2004: 72.5 years2006: 72.8 years2008: 73 years2010: 72.8 years2012: 72.9 years2014: 72.7 years2016: 72.6 years2018: 72.7 years2020: 72.3 years2022: 72.7 years2024: 72.8 years
Change over the period: +15 (+25.89%) Average annual rate: 0.36 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Saint Lucia 72.8 years
World 73.5 years
Caribbean computed 73.1 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 72.8 +0.1 +0.2%
2023 72.7 +0 +0.04%
2022 72.7 +3.6 +5.14%
2021 69.1 −3.2 −4.41%
2020 72.3 +0.1 +0.08%
2019 72.2 −0.4 −0.56%
2018 72.7 +0.1 +0.18%
2017 72.5 −0 −0.04%
2016 72.6 −0.4 −0.52%
2015 72.9 +0.3 +0.35%
2014 72.7 −0 −0.02%
2013 72.7 −0.2 −0.24%
2012 72.9 −0.1 −0.14%
2011 73 +0.2 +0.27%
2010 72.8 −0.2 −0.24%
2009 72.9 −0 −0.02%
2008 73 +0.1 +0.14%
2007 72.9 +0.1 +0.09%
2006 72.8 +0.3 +0.34%
2005 72.5 +0.1 +0.13%
2004 72.5 +0.3 +0.37%
2003 72.2 +0.5 +0.67%
2002 71.7 +0.3 +0.48%
2001 71.4 +0.6 +0.83%
2000 70.8 +0.1 +0.12%
1999 70.7 +0 +0.02%
1998 70.7 −0.1 −0.14%
1997 70.8 −0.2 −0.26%
1996 71 −0.2 −0.29%
1995 71.2 +0.1 +0.14%
1994 71.1 +0 +0.04%
1993 71.1 +0.3 +0.45%
1992 70.7 +0.4 +0.6%
1991 70.3 +0.3 +0.43%
1990 70 −0 −0.03%
1989 70 +0.3 +0.42%
1988 69.7 +0.1 +0.09%
1987 69.7 −0.6 −0.79%
1986 70.2 −0.1 −0.11%
1985 70.3 −0.2 −0.3%
1984 70.5 +0.5 +0.76%
1983 70 +1 +1.46%
1982 69 +0.3 +0.42%
1981 68.7 +0.9 +1.31%
1980 67.8 +0.4 +0.65%
1979 67.4 −0 −0.02%
1978 67.4 +0.4 +0.63%
1977 67 +0.8 +1.15%
1976 66.2 +0.3 +0.44%
1975 65.9 +0.5 +0.75%
1974 65.4 +0.8 +1.31%
1973 64.6 −0.1 −0.11%
1972 64.6 +0.2 +0.24%
1971 64.5 +0.2 +0.31%
1970 64.3 +0.3 +0.41%
1969 64 +0.3 +0.43%
1968 63.7 +0.6 +0.93%
1967 63.2 +0.6 +1%
1966 62.5 +0.6 +0.98%
1965 61.9 +0.6 +0.95%
1964 61.3 +0.8 +1.32%
1963 60.5 +0.7 +1.1%
1962 59.9 +0.8 +1.32%
1961 59.1 +1.2 +2.13%
1960 57.9

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.