Cape Verde vs Montserrat: Life expectancy

Cape Verde
76.06 years
in 2023
Montserrat
76.19 years
in 2023
Cape Verde rank
109th
Montserrat rank
107th

Life expectancy over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Montserrat
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How they compare

Montserrat currently reports 76.19 years against 76.06 years in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.13 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Montserrat ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 109th and Montserrat ranks 107th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Cape Verde Montserrat Difference Ahead
1950s 46.69 years 53.14 years 6.46 years Montserrat
1960s 52.47 years 61.84 years 9.36 years Montserrat
1970s 58.69 years 67.45 years 8.76 years Montserrat
1980s 62.2 years 69.83 years 7.62 years Montserrat
1990s 65.07 years 71.07 years 6 years Montserrat
2000s 70.46 years 74 years 3.54 years Montserrat
2010s 73.94 years 75.1 years 1.16 years Montserrat
2020s 75.05 years 75.92 years 0.87 years Montserrat

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Cape Verde or Montserrat?
Montserrat, at 76.19 years against 76.06 years in Cape Verde as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Cape Verde and Montserrat?
0.13 years, with Montserrat ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Montserrat?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cape Verde and Montserrat rank globally for life expectancy?
Cape Verde ranks 109th and Montserrat ranks 107th 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.