Which has higher life expectancy, Cayman Islands or Kuwait?

Kuwait, at 80.4 years against 80.36 years in Cayman Islands as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cayman Islands and Kuwait?

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.

Cayman Islands vs Kuwait: Life expectancy

Cayman Islands

80.36 years

in 2023

Kuwait

80.4 years

in 2023

Cayman Islands rank

54th

Kuwait rank

53rd

Life expectancy over time

Cayman Islands
Kuwait

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 80.4 years against 80.36 years in Cayman Islands, a difference of 0.04 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cayman Islands ahead.

Cayman Islands ranks 54th and Kuwait ranks 53rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cayman Islands averaged higher in 2 and Kuwait in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cayman Islands	Kuwait	Difference	Ahead
1950s	56.12 years	53.68 years	2.44 years	Cayman Islands
1960s	61.63 years	63.34 years	1.71 years	Kuwait
1970s	66.72 years	69.5 years	2.78 years	Kuwait
1980s	71.23 years	73.08 years	1.85 years	Kuwait
1990s	73.5 years	75.16 years	1.66 years	Kuwait
2000s	74.88 years	76.46 years	1.57 years	Kuwait
2010s	77.83 years	78.95 years	1.12 years	Kuwait
2020s	79.72 years	78.77 years	0.9513 years	Cayman Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Cayman Islands or Kuwait?: Kuwait, at 80.4 years against 80.36 years in Cayman Islands as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Cayman Islands and Kuwait?: 0.04 years, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cayman Islands and Kuwait?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cayman Islands and Kuwait rank globally for life expectancy?: Cayman Islands ranks 54th and Kuwait ranks 53rd 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: 06 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.