Barbados vs United States: Difference in female and male life expectancy at birth

Barbados
4.98
in 2023
United States
4.98
in 2023
Barbados rank
123rd
United States rank
121st

Difference in female and male life expectancy at birth over time

  • Barbados
  • United States
02468193319782023

How they compare

United States currently reports 4.98 against 4.98 in Barbados, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United States ahead.

Barbados ranks 123rd and United States ranks 121st of 236 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados United States Difference Ahead
1950s 3.64 6.15 2.51 United States
1960s 3.54 7.09 3.55 United States
1970s 3.92 7.65 3.74 United States
1980s 3.96 7.15 3.19 United States
1990s 5.36 6.37 1.02 United States
2000s 4.65 5.12 0.4654 United States
2010s 4.38 4.86 0.4825 United States
2020s 4.7 5.43 0.7264 United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher difference in female and male life expectancy at birth, Barbados or United States?
United States, at 4.98 against 4.98 in Barbados as of 2023.
What is the difference in difference in female and male life expectancy at birth between Barbados and United States?
0, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and United States?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Barbados and United States rank globally for difference in female and male life expectancy at birth?
Barbados ranks 123rd and United States ranks 121st of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Difference in female and male life expectancy at birth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Difference in female and male life expectancy at birth
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
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