What is life expectancy in Anguilla?

Life expectancy 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 recorded in Anguilla?

The highest recorded value was 79.31 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Anguilla?

The lowest recorded value was 55.06 years in 1950.

How does Anguilla rank for life expectancy?

Anguilla ranks 62nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy in Anguilla

Name: Life expectancy in Anguilla
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Anguilla: Life expectancy 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

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Anguilla, 1950–2023

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 in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy 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

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	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

59 Jersey 79.71 years compare
60 Albania 79.6 years compare
61 Panama 79.59 years compare
63 United States 79.3 years compare
64 Falkland Islands 79.21 years compare
65 Estonia 79.15 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Anguilla

Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,666 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 0 deaths (2100)
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood 0.0079 under-five deaths per woman (2021)
Fertility rate vs. child mortality 1.36 live births per woman (2023)
Natural population growth rate vs. child mortality rate 0.2% (2023)
Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index 79.31 years (2023)
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita 79.31 years (2023)
Life expectancy 79.31 years (2023)
Life expectancy for people of different ages 79.31 years (2023)
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index 0.986 index (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Anguilla?: Life expectancy 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 recorded in Anguilla?: The highest recorded value was 79.31 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Anguilla?: The lowest recorded value was 55.06 years in 1950.
How does Anguilla rank for life expectancy?: Anguilla ranks 62nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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: 07 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.