Life expectancy at birth, female in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: Life expectancy at birth, female was 76.6 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, female in Caribbean Small States, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, female in Caribbean Small States is 76.6 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in Caribbean Small States peaked at 76.6 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 62.23 years, in 1960.
Caribbean Small States ranks 18th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Life expectancy at birth, female in Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 62.23 years | — |
| 1961 | 62.64 years | +0.7% |
| 1962 | 63.42 years | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 63.79 years | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 64.25 years | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 64.6 years | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 64.9 years | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 65.19 years | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 65.44 years | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 65.67 years | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 65.86 years | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 66.07 years | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 66.29 years | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 66.5 years | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 66.73 years | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 66.99 years | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 67.27 years | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 67.55 years | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 67.7 years | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 67.89 years | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 68.04 years | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 68.24 years | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 68.36 years | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 68.57 years | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 68.81 years | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 69 years | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 69.13 years | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 69.32 years | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 69.48 years | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 69.65 years | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 69.77 years | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 69.95 years | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 70.14 years | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 70.27 years | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 70.36 years | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 70.41 years | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 70.51 years | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 70.63 years | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 70.91 years | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 71.14 years | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 71.36 years | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 71.67 years | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 71.92 years | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 72.15 years | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 72.47 years | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 72.72 years | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 73.02 years | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 73.41 years | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 73.69 years | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 73.96 years | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 74.19 years | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 74.43 years | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 74.58 years | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 74.78 years | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 75.02 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 75.11 years | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 75.31 years | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 75.43 years | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 75.54 years | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 75.35 years | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 75.49 years | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 73.21 years | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 76.14 years | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 76.46 years | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 76.6 years | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64.21 years | 62.23 years | 65.67 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 66.88 years | 65.86 years | 67.89 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 68.86 years | 68.04 years | 69.65 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 70.41 years | 69.77 years | 71.14 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 72.64 years | 71.36 years | 73.96 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.97 years | 74.19 years | 75.54 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.58 years | 73.21 years | 76.6 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean Small States
More health data for Caribbean Small States
- Population ages 0-14, total, annual growth rate -0.8111 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1098 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate -0.8029 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1062 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate -0.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male, per capita 0.0452 units per person (2025)
- Population, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, annual growth rate 0.4343 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, female in Caribbean Small States?
- Life expectancy at birth, female in Caribbean Small States was 76.6 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 76.6 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.23 years in 1960.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 18th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Life expectancy at birth, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 65 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.