Life expectancy for people of different ages in Anguilla

Anguilla: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 79.31 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
79.31 years
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
62nd
of 236 countries
All-time high
79.31 years
in 2023
All-time low
55.06 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy for people of different ages in Anguilla, 1950–2023

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Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Anguilla recorded 79.31 years for life expectancy for people of different ages in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Anguilla peaked at 79.31 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 55.06 years, in 1950.

Anguilla ranks 62nd of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 57.4 years 55.06 years 59.85 years 10
1960s 62.41 years 58.83 years 64.53 years 10
1970s 66.84 years 65 years 68.6 years 10
1980s 70.32 years 68.92 years 71.78 years 10
1990s 73.55 years 72.09 years 74.89 years 10
2000s 76.18 years 75.15 years 77.04 years 10
2010s 77.67 years 77.17 years 78.43 years 10
2020s 78.88 years 78.41 years 79.31 years 4

Countries ranked near Anguilla

  1. 59 Jersey 79.71 years compare
  2. 60 Albania 79.6 years compare
  3. 61 Panama 79.59 years compare
  4. 63 United States 79.3 years compare
  5. 64 Falkland Islands 79.21 years compare
  6. 65 Estonia 79.15 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Anguilla?
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Anguilla was 79.31 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Anguilla?
The highest recorded value was 79.31 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Anguilla?
The lowest recorded value was 55.06 years in 1950.
How does Anguilla rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?
Anguilla ranks 62nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Anguilla?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Anguilla data come from?
The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy for people of different ages
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
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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.