Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Trinidad and Tobago

Life expectancy at birth in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024 — 73.6 years. Ranked 121 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 17.8%.

2024 73.6 years +0.17% vs 2023
World rank 121of 217
Period maximum 73.6 years2024
Period minimum 62.5 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Trinidad and Tobago, 1960–20246065707519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 62.5 years1962: 63.4 years1964: 64 years1966: 64.3 years1968: 64.6 years1970: 64.9 years1972: 65.2 years1974: 65.5 years1976: 66 years1978: 66.2 years1980: 66.5 years1982: 66.4 years1984: 66.6 years1986: 66.9 years1988: 67.4 years1990: 67.6 years1992: 67.8 years1994: 67.8 years1996: 68 years1998: 68.3 years2000: 68.6 years2002: 69.2 years2004: 69.9 years2006: 70.4 years2008: 71.1 years2010: 71.8 years2012: 72.5 years2014: 72.9 years2016: 72.9 years2018: 72.7 years2020: 72.6 years2022: 73.3 years2024: 73.6 years
Change over the period: +11.1 (+17.78%) Average annual rate: 0.26 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago 73.6 years
World 73.5 years
Caribbean computed 73.1 years
High-income countries computed 80.4 years
Life expectancy at birth — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 73.6 +0.1 +0.17%
2023 73.5 +0.2 +0.22%
2022 73.3 +2.2 +3.12%
2021 71.1 −1.5 −2.11%
2020 72.6 −0.2 −0.26%
2019 72.8 +0.2 +0.24%
2018 72.7 −0.3 −0.45%
2017 73 +0 +0.07%
2016 72.9 +0.1 +0.07%
2015 72.9 −0 −0.02%
2014 72.9 +0.1 +0.16%
2013 72.8 +0.3 +0.38%
2012 72.5 +0.3 +0.39%
2011 72.2 +0.4 +0.59%
2010 71.8 +0.4 +0.57%
2009 71.4 +0.3 +0.4%
2008 71.1 +0.3 +0.45%
2007 70.8 +0.4 +0.51%
2006 70.4 +0.3 +0.36%
2005 70.2 +0.3 +0.44%
2004 69.9 +0.4 +0.61%
2003 69.5 +0.2 +0.32%
2002 69.2 +0.4 +0.52%
2001 68.9 +0.2 +0.36%
2000 68.6 +0.1 +0.18%
1999 68.5 +0.2 +0.26%
1998 68.3 +0.2 +0.28%
1997 68.1 +0.1 +0.15%
1996 68 +0 +0.06%
1995 68 +0.2 +0.23%
1994 67.8 +0 +0.02%
1993 67.8 +0 +0.07%
1992 67.8 −0 −0%
1991 67.8 +0.2 +0.28%
1990 67.6 +0.1 +0.11%
1989 67.5 +0.1 +0.21%
1988 67.4 +0.2 +0.36%
1987 67.1 +0.2 +0.35%
1986 66.9 +0.2 +0.23%
1985 66.7 +0.2 +0.29%
1984 66.6 +0.1 +0.17%
1983 66.4 +0.1 +0.09%
1982 66.4 −0.1 −0.12%
1981 66.5 −0 −0.07%
1980 66.5 +0.1 +0.13%
1979 66.4 +0.2 +0.34%
1978 66.2 +0 +0.04%
1977 66.2 +0.1 +0.21%
1976 66 +0.4 +0.59%
1975 65.6 +0.1 +0.21%
1974 65.5 +0.1 +0.15%
1973 65.4 +0.2 +0.35%
1972 65.2 +0.2 +0.38%
1971 64.9 +0.1 +0.1%
1970 64.9 +0.1 +0.18%
1969 64.8 +0.1 +0.2%
1968 64.6 +0.2 +0.24%
1967 64.5 +0.2 +0.24%
1966 64.3 +0.1 +0.19%
1965 64.2 +0.2 +0.34%
1964 64 +0.3 +0.54%
1963 63.6 +0.2 +0.32%
1962 63.4 +0.5 +0.74%
1961 63 +0.5 +0.74%
1960 62.5

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.