Life expectancy in Guyana
Guyana: Life expectancy was 70.18 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Guyana, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 70.18 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Guyana peaked at 70.18 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 49.21 years, in 1950.
Guyana ranks 168th 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 53.52 years | 49.21 years | 57.01 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 58.88 years | 57.51 years | 59.83 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 60.34 years | 59.96 years | 60.73 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 61.36 years | 60.81 years | 62.05 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 62.9 years | 62.25 years | 63.77 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 64.74 years | 64.07 years | 66.03 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.54 years | 66.2 years | 69.07 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.04 years | 64.32 years | 70.18 years | 4 |
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More health data for Guyana
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,225 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 62 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 7,488 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 7,332 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 7,346 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 7,140 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 7,168 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 6,930 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Guyana?
- Life expectancy in Guyana was 70.18 years in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 70.18 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.21 years in 1950.
- How does Guyana rank for life expectancy?
- Guyana ranks 168th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The period life expectancy at birth among totals, in a given year.