Barbados vs Latvia: Life expectancy
Barbados
76.18 years
in 2023
Latvia
76.19 years
in 2023
Barbados rank
108th
Latvia rank
106th
Life expectancy over time
- Barbados
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 76.19 years against 76.18 years in Barbados, a difference of 0.01 years.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Latvia ahead.
Barbados ranks 108th and Latvia ranks 106th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 6 and Latvia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 58.65 years | 66.98 years | 8.34 years | Latvia |
| 1960s | 66.73 years | 70.66 years | 3.93 years | Latvia |
| 1970s | 69.82 years | 69.76 years | 0.0526 years | Barbados |
| 1980s | 73.11 years | 69.95 years | 3.16 years | Barbados |
| 1990s | 73.91 years | 68.12 years | 5.79 years | Barbados |
| 2000s | 75.02 years | 70.85 years | 4.17 years | Barbados |
| 2010s | 75.99 years | 74.4 years | 1.59 years | Barbados |
| 2020s | 76.27 years | 74.93 years | 1.34 years | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy, Barbados or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 76.19 years against 76.18 years in Barbados as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy between Barbados and Latvia?
- 0.01 years, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Latvia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Latvia rank globally for life expectancy?
- Barbados ranks 108th and Latvia ranks 106th 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
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.