Cuba vs Turks and Caicos Islands: Life expectancy for people of different ages
Cuba
78.09 years
in 2023
Turks and Caicos Islands
78.01 years
in 2023
Cuba rank
74th
Turks and Caicos Islands rank
75th
Life expectancy for people of different ages over time
- Cuba
- Turks and Caicos Islands
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 78.09 years against 78.01 years in Turks and Caicos Islands, a difference of 0.08 years.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cuba ahead.
Cuba ranks 74th and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 75th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 7 and Turks and Caicos Islands in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Turks and Caicos Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 60.89 years | 52.18 years | 8.71 years | Cuba |
| 1960s | 65.36 years | 59.37 years | 5.99 years | Cuba |
| 1970s | 70.14 years | 64.87 years | 5.27 years | Cuba |
| 1980s | 73.42 years | 68.52 years | 4.89 years | Cuba |
| 1990s | 74.46 years | 71.8 years | 2.66 years | Cuba |
| 2000s | 77.15 years | 75.54 years | 1.61 years | Cuba |
| 2010s | 77.74 years | 77.25 years | 0.4911 years | Cuba |
| 2020s | 76.58 years | 77.66 years | 1.08 years | Turks and Caicos Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy for people of different ages, Cuba or Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Cuba, at 78.09 years against 78.01 years in Turks and Caicos Islands as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy for people of different ages between Cuba and Turks and Caicos Islands?
- 0.08 years, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Turks and Caicos Islands?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Cuba and Turks and Caicos Islands rank globally for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Cuba ranks 74th and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 75th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.