Algeria vs Barbados: Life expectancy

Algeria
76.26 years
in 2023
Barbados
76.18 years
in 2023
Algeria rank
105th
Barbados rank
108th

Life expectancy over time

  • Algeria
  • Barbados
020406080192319732023

How they compare

Algeria currently reports 76.26 years against 76.18 years in Barbados, a difference of 0.08 years.

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

Algeria ranks 105th and Barbados ranks 108th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria Barbados Difference Ahead
1950s 41.82 years 58.65 years 16.83 years Barbados
1960s 42.14 years 66.73 years 24.59 years Barbados
1970s 46.98 years 69.82 years 22.84 years Barbados
1980s 62.54 years 73.11 years 10.57 years Barbados
1990s 68.23 years 73.91 years 5.68 years Barbados
2000s 72.45 years 75.02 years 2.57 years Barbados
2010s 75.01 years 75.99 years 0.9824 years Barbados
2020s 75.21 years 76.27 years 1.06 years Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Algeria or Barbados?
Algeria, at 76.26 years against 76.18 years in Barbados as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Algeria and Barbados?
0.08 years, with Algeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Barbados?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Algeria and Barbados rank globally for life expectancy?
Algeria ranks 105th and Barbados ranks 108th 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy
Unit
years
Source
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed

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.