Turks and Caicos Islands vs Uruguay: Life expectancy for people of different ages
Turks and Caicos Islands
78.01 years
in 2023
Uruguay
78.14 years
in 2023
Turks and Caicos Islands rank
75th
Uruguay rank
73rd
Life expectancy for people of different ages over time
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 78.14 years against 78.01 years in Turks and Caicos Islands, a difference of 0.13 years.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uruguay ahead.
Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 75th and Uruguay ranks 73rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Turks and Caicos Islands averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Turks and Caicos Islands | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 52.18 years | 66.58 years | 14.4 years | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 59.37 years | 68.15 years | 8.79 years | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 64.87 years | 69.59 years | 4.72 years | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 68.52 years | 71.76 years | 3.23 years | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 71.8 years | 73.52 years | 1.72 years | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 75.54 years | 75.59 years | 0.0426 years | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 77.25 years | 77.14 years | 0.1057 years | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 2020s | 77.66 years | 77.11 years | 0.559 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, Turks and Caicos Islands or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 78.14 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 Turks and Caicos Islands and Uruguay?
- 0.13 years, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Turks and Caicos Islands and Uruguay?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Turks and Caicos Islands and Uruguay rank globally for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 75th and Uruguay ranks 73rd 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.