What is life expectancy in Cayman Islands?

Life expectancy in Cayman Islands was 80.36 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 Cayman Islands?

The highest recorded value was 80.36 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Cayman Islands?

The lowest recorded value was 54.01 years in 1950.

How does Cayman Islands rank for life expectancy?

Cayman Islands ranks 54th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Cayman Islands?

Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Cayman Islands 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 Cayman Islands

Name: Life expectancy in Cayman Islands
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)

Cayman Islands: Life expectancy was 80.36 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

80.36 years

Change on year

up 0.5%

World rank

54th

of 236 countries

All-time high

80.36 years

in 2023

All-time low

54.01 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Cayman Islands, 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

Cayman Islands recorded 80.36 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Cayman Islands peaked at 80.36 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 54.01 years, in 1950.

Cayman Islands ranks 54th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Life expectancy in Cayman Islands, year by year

Annual values for Life expectancy in Cayman Islands, 1950 to 2023.
Year	years	Change
1950	54.01 years	—
1951	54.49 years	+0.9%
1952	54.96 years	+0.9%
1953	55.42 years	+0.8%
1954	55.88 years	+0.8%
1955	56.37 years	+0.9%
1956	56.81 years	+0.8%
1957	57.26 years	+0.8%
1958	57.73 years	+0.8%
1959	58.24 years	+0.9%
1960	58.78 years	+0.9%
1961	59.43 years	+1.1%
1962	60.09 years	+1.1%
1963	60.78 years	+1.1%
1964	61.44 years	+1.1%
1965	62.19 years	+1.2%
1966	62.84 years	+1.1%
1967	63.2 years	+0.6%
1968	63.6 years	+0.6%
1969	63.97 years	+0.6%
1970	64.38 years	+0.7%
1971	64.83 years	+0.7%
1972	65.36 years	+0.8%
1973	65.89 years	+0.8%
1974	66.49 years	+0.9%
1975	67.04 years	+0.8%
1976	67.55 years	+0.8%
1977	68.08 years	+0.8%
1978	68.53 years	+0.7%
1979	69.02 years	+0.7%
1980	69.49 years	+0.7%
1981	69.95 years	+0.7%
1982	70.41 years	+0.7%
1983	70.84 years	+0.6%
1984	71.19 years	+0.5%
1985	71.56 years	+0.5%
1986	71.87 years	+0.4%
1987	72.13 years	+0.4%
1988	72.35 years	+0.3%
1989	72.55 years	+0.3%
1990	72.74 years	+0.3%
1991	72.91 years	+0.2%
1992	73.09 years	+0.2%
1993	73.25 years	+0.2%
1994	73.42 years	+0.2%
1995	73.6 years	+0.2%
1996	73.74 years	+0.2%
1997	73.9 years	+0.2%
1998	74.08 years	+0.2%
1999	74.23 years	+0.2%
2000	74.38 years	+0.2%
2001	74.53 years	+0.2%
2002	74.61 years	+0.1%
2003	74.64 years	+0.0%
2004	74.6 years	-0.1%
2005	74.86 years	+0.4%
2006	75 years	+0.2%
2007	75.15 years	+0.2%
2008	75.39 years	+0.3%
2009	75.67 years	+0.4%
2010	76.07 years	+0.5%
2011	76.56 years	+0.6%
2012	77.12 years	+0.7%
2013	77.65 years	+0.7%
2014	77.86 years	+0.3%
2015	78.12 years	+0.3%
2016	78.37 years	+0.3%
2017	78.61 years	+0.3%
2018	78.84 years	+0.3%
2019	79.05 years	+0.3%
2020	79.23 years	+0.2%
2021	79.3 years	+0.1%
2022	79.98 years	+0.9%
2023	80.36 years	+0.5%

Cayman Islands compared with similar countries

Cayman Islands's 80.36 years is below the median for high income countries, which is 81 years, 99% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
Cayman Islands's 80.36 years is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 75.34 years, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	56.12 years	54.01 years	58.24 years	10
1960s	61.63 years	58.78 years	63.97 years	10
1970s	66.72 years	64.38 years	69.02 years	10
1980s	71.23 years	69.49 years	72.55 years	10
1990s	73.5 years	72.74 years	74.23 years	10
2000s	74.88 years	74.38 years	75.67 years	10
2010s	77.83 years	76.07 years	79.05 years	10
2020s	79.72 years	79.23 years	80.36 years	4

Countries ranked near Cayman Islands

51 Costa Rica 80.8 years compare
52 Taiwan 80.56 years compare
53 Kuwait 80.4 years compare
55 Saint Martin (French part) 80.22 years compare
56 Faroe Islands 80.18 years compare
57 Oman 80.03 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Cayman Islands

Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.7016 % change on previous year (2090)
Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,076 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 1 deaths (2100)
Population ages 15-64, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 397 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, female, annual growth rate 7.7 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 15-64, total, per capita 0.7443 units per person (2025)
Population ages 15-64, total, annual growth rate 1.34 % change on previous year (2025)
Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 416 (2025)

All data for Cayman Islands →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Cayman Islands?: Life expectancy in Cayman Islands was 80.36 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 Cayman Islands?: The highest recorded value was 80.36 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Cayman Islands?: The lowest recorded value was 54.01 years in 1950.
How does Cayman Islands rank for life expectancy?: Cayman Islands ranks 54th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Cayman Islands?: Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cayman Islands 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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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: 17 September 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.