How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Cuba?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

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.

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Cuba: Life expectancy

Bosnia and Herzegovina

77.85 years

in 2023

Cuba

78.09 years

in 2023

Bosnia and Herzegovina rank

77th

Cuba rank

74th

Life expectancy over time

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cuba

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 78.09 years against 77.85 years in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a difference of 0.24 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cuba ahead.

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 77th and Cuba ranks 74th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Cuba	Difference	Ahead
1950s	52.4 years	60.89 years	8.49 years	Cuba
1960s	61.75 years	65.36 years	3.61 years	Cuba
1970s	67.35 years	70.14 years	2.78 years	Cuba
1980s	70.47 years	73.42 years	2.95 years	Cuba
1990s	67.97 years	74.46 years	6.49 years	Cuba
2000s	76.14 years	77.15 years	1.01 years	Cuba
2010s	77.2 years	77.74 years	0.5432 years	Cuba
2020s	76.31 years	76.58 years	0.2721 years	Cuba

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Cuba?: Cuba, at 78.09 years against 77.85 years in Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Cuba?: 0.24 years, with Cuba ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Cuba?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bosnia and Herzegovina and Cuba rank globally for life expectancy?: Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 77th and Cuba ranks 74th 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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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: 27 August 2026

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.