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Life expectancy at age 15 in Cape Verde

Cape Verde: Life expectancy at age 15 was 87.82 years in 2100. ▲ Rising

Latest (2100)
87.82 years
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
103rd
of 236 countries
All-time high
87.82 years
in 2100
All-time low
58.89 years
in 1950
Years of data
151
1950–2100

Life expectancy at age 15 in Cape Verde, 1950–2100

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Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy at age 15 in Cape Verde is 87.82 years, measured in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Cape Verde peaked at 87.82 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 58.89 years, in 1950.

Cape Verde ranks 103rd of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 59.76 years 58.89 years 60.43 years 10
1960s 63.63 years 60.83 years 65.95 years 10
1970s 66.55 years 66.09 years 67.23 years 10
1980s 67.98 years 67.39 years 68.59 years 10
1990s 69.33 years 68.42 years 70.67 years 10
2000s 72.83 years 71.11 years 74.26 years 10
2010s 75.53 years 74.53 years 76.64 years 10
2020s 77 years 75.09 years 77.92 years 10
2030s 78.74 years 78.06 years 79.45 years 10
2040s 80.3 years 79.6 years 81 years 10
2050s 81.84 years 81.15 years 82.52 years 10
2060s 83.31 years 82.67 years 83.94 years 10
2070s 84.69 years 84.07 years 85.28 years 10
2080s 85.96 years 85.41 years 86.51 years 10
2090s 87.17 years 86.62 years 87.71 years 10
2100s 87.82 years 87.82 years 87.82 years 1

Countries ranked near Cape Verde

  1. 100 Saint Helena 87.83 years compare
  2. 100 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 87.83 years compare
  3. 102 Palestine 87.83 years compare
  4. 105 North Macedonia 87.67 years compare
  5. 106 United States Virgin Islands 87.58 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at age 15 in Cape Verde?
Life expectancy at age 15 in Cape Verde was 87.82 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Cape Verde?
The highest recorded value was 87.82 years in 2100.
What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Cape Verde?
The lowest recorded value was 58.89 years in 1950.
How does Cape Verde rank for life expectancy at age 15?
Cape Verde ranks 103rd out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Cape Verde?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at age 15
Unit
years
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.