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
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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

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.