Cuba vs Uruguay: Life expectancy vs. health spending

Cuba

78.08 years

in 2023

Uruguay

78.14 years

in 2023

Cuba rank

74th

Uruguay rank

73rd

Life expectancy vs. health spending over time

Uruguay currently reports 78.14 years against 78.08 years in Cuba, a difference of 0.053 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uruguay ahead.

Globally, Cuba ranks 74th and Uruguay ranks 73rd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Life expectancy vs. health spending
Unit: years
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy at birth.