Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in Curacao
Curacao: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita was 76.8 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in Curacao, 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
Curacao recorded 76.8 years for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Curacao peaked at 76.8 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 60.29 years, in 1950.
Curacao ranks 96th 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 | 62.87 years | 60.29 years | 65.08 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 66.71 years | 65.41 years | 67.93 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 69.5 years | 68.23 years | 70.72 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 71.71 years | 70.95 years | 72.23 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 72.82 years | 72.44 years | 73.17 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.82 years | 73.28 years | 74.49 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.15 years | 75.12 years | 76.49 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.43 years | 75.69 years | 76.8 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
- 93 Tokelau 77.05 years compare
- 94 Hungary 77.02 years compare
- 95 French Guiana 76.98 years compare
- 97 Saint Helena 76.79 years compare
- 98 Serbia 76.77 years compare
- 99 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 76.76 years compare
More health data for Curacao
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,726 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2 deaths (2100)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 1,156 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 1,070 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 1,170 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 1,121 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 1,192 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 16,953 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 10,081 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 20.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Curacao?
- Life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Curacao was 76.8 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 vs. gdp per capita recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 76.8 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy vs. gdp per capita recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.29 years in 1950.
- How does Curacao rank for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
- Curacao ranks 96th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curacao 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 vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.