Life expectancy at birth in the Caribbean in 2024 — 73.1 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 25.6%.
1960–2024 · years
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Caribbean
| Year | years | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 73.1 | +0.1 | +0.19% |
| 2023 | 73 | +0.4 | +0.56% |
| 2022 | 72.6 | +2.4 | +3.38% |
| 2021 | 70.2 | −1.9 | −2.68% |
| 2020 | 72.1 | −0.4 | −0.57% |
| 2019 | 72.6 | −0.1 | −0.1% |
| 2018 | 72.6 | +0.2 | +0.32% |
| 2017 | 72.4 | +0 | +0.02% |
| 2016 | 72.4 | −0.1 | −0.16% |
| 2015 | 72.5 | +0 | +0.01% |
| 2014 | 72.5 | −0 | −0.01% |
| 2013 | 72.5 | +0.2 | +0.24% |
| 2012 | 72.3 | +0.3 | +0.43% |
| 2011 | 72 | +4 | +5.96% |
| 2010 | 68 | −3.7 | −5.13% |
| 2009 | 71.6 | +0.2 | +0.24% |
| 2008 | 71.5 | +0.1 | +0.19% |
| 2007 | 71.3 | +0.1 | +0.16% |
| 2006 | 71.2 | +0.1 | +0.16% |
| 2005 | 71.1 | +0.5 | +0.72% |
| 2004 | 70.6 | −0.3 | −0.41% |
| 2003 | 70.9 | +0.3 | +0.43% |
| 2002 | 70.6 | +0.3 | +0.45% |
| 2001 | 70.3 | +0.3 | +0.45% |
| 2000 | 70 | +0.2 | +0.33% |
| 1999 | 69.7 | +0.3 | +0.48% |
| 1998 | 69.4 | +0.2 | +0.26% |
| 1997 | 69.2 | +0.3 | +0.46% |
| 1996 | 68.9 | +0.3 | +0.39% |
| 1995 | 68.6 | +0.3 | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 68.4 | +0.2 | +0.26% |
| 1993 | 68.2 | +0.1 | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 68 | +0.1 | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 67.9 | +0.2 | +0.33% |
| 1990 | 67.7 | +0.2 | +0.33% |
| 1989 | 67.5 | +0.1 | +0.11% |
| 1988 | 67.4 | +0.2 | +0.24% |
| 1987 | 67.2 | +0.2 | +0.29% |
| 1986 | 67 | +0.2 | +0.37% |
| 1985 | 66.8 | +0 | +0.07% |
| 1984 | 66.7 | +0.2 | +0.27% |
| 1983 | 66.6 | +0.2 | +0.34% |
| 1982 | 66.3 | +0.3 | +0.41% |
| 1981 | 66.1 | +0.2 | +0.37% |
| 1980 | 65.8 | +0.4 | +0.56% |
| 1979 | 65.4 | +0.1 | +0.22% |
| 1978 | 65.3 | +0.3 | +0.45% |
| 1977 | 65 | +0.4 | +0.55% |
| 1976 | 64.7 | +0.3 | +0.54% |
| 1975 | 64.3 | +0.4 | +0.64% |
| 1974 | 63.9 | +0.4 | +0.63% |
| 1973 | 63.5 | +0.4 | +0.55% |
| 1972 | 63.2 | +0.3 | +0.54% |
| 1971 | 62.8 | +0.5 | +0.73% |
| 1970 | 62.4 | +0.4 | +0.62% |
| 1969 | 62 | +0.3 | +0.55% |
| 1968 | 61.6 | +0.3 | +0.56% |
| 1967 | 61.3 | +0.5 | +0.74% |
| 1966 | 60.8 | +0.9 | +1.44% |
| 1965 | 60 | +0.1 | +0.13% |
| 1964 | 59.9 | +0.9 | +1.53% |
| 1963 | 59 | −0.2 | −0.26% |
| 1962 | 59.2 | +0.5 | +0.9% |
| 1961 | 58.6 | +0.4 | +0.7% |
| 1960 | 58.2 | — | — |
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.