Which has higher life expectancy at birth, Brazil or Cape Verde?

Cape Verde, at 76.06 years against 75.85 years in Brazil as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy at birth between Brazil and Cape Verde?

0.21 years, with Cape Verde ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cape Verde?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy at birth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brazil vs Cape Verde: Life expectancy at birth

Brazil

75.85 years

in 2023

Cape Verde

76.06 years

in 2023

Brazil rank

113th

Cape Verde rank

109th

Life expectancy at birth over time

Brazil
Cape Verde

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 76.06 years against 75.85 years in Brazil, a difference of 0.21 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 113th and Cape Verde ranks 109th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 7 and Cape Verde in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Cape Verde	Difference	Ahead
1950s	50.65 years	46.69 years	3.97 years	Brazil
1960s	55.03 years	52.47 years	2.56 years	Brazil
1970s	59.35 years	58.69 years	0.6504 years	Brazil
1980s	63.73 years	62.2 years	1.53 years	Brazil
1990s	67.52 years	65.07 years	2.45 years	Brazil
2000s	71.56 years	70.46 years	1.11 years	Brazil
2010s	74.86 years	73.94 years	0.9156 years	Brazil
2020s	74.57 years	75.05 years	0.486 years	Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy at birth, Brazil or Cape Verde?: Cape Verde, at 76.06 years against 75.85 years in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy at birth between Brazil and Cape Verde?: 0.21 years, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cape Verde?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Cape Verde rank globally for life expectancy at birth?: Brazil ranks 113th and Cape Verde ranks 109th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy at birth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth
Unit: years
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Period life expectancy at birth.