Life expectancy at birth, total in Barbados
Barbados: Life expectancy at birth, total was 76.33 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Barbados, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, total in Barbados is 76.33 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Barbados peaked at 76.65 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 64.15 years, in 1960.
Barbados ranks 94th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66.73 years | 64.15 years | 68.5 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 69.82 years | 68.52 years | 71.55 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 73.11 years | 72.13 years | 73.46 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 73.91 years | 73.46 years | 74.59 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 75.02 years | 74.58 years | 75.46 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.99 years | 75.49 years | 76.5 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.28 years | 75.68 years | 76.65 years | 5 |
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More health data for Barbados
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 1,743 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 1,774 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 1,772 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 15.1% (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 1,753 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 20,480 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 1,944 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 1,757 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 24,507 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 1,825 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Barbados?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Barbados was 76.33 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 76.65 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.15 years in 1960.
- How does Barbados rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Barbados ranks 94th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Life expectancy at birth, total (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.