Barbados vs Cape Verde: Life expectancy at birth, total

Barbados
76.33 years
in 2024
Cape Verde
76.22 years
in 2024
Barbados rank
94th
Cape Verde rank
96th

Life expectancy at birth, total over time

  • Barbados
  • Cape Verde
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How they compare

Barbados currently reports 76.33 years against 76.22 years in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.108 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Barbados ahead.

Globally, Barbados ranks 94th and Cape Verde ranks 96th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,126 data points, 1960–2024
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Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.