Life expectancy vs. health spending in Barbados
Barbados: Life expectancy vs. health spending was 76.18 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy vs. health spending in Barbados, 1950–2023
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 76.18 years for life expectancy vs. health spending in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. health spending in Barbados peaked at 76.65 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 53.59 years, in 1950.
That places Barbados 108th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 58.65 years | 53.59 years | 63.31 years | 10 |
| 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 | 76.27 years | 75.68 years | 76.65 years | 4 |
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More health data for Barbados
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 1,825 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 1,772 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 48,290 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 1,753 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 1,743 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 1,757 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 24,507 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 1,944 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 1,774 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 15.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy vs. health spending in Barbados?
- Life expectancy vs. health spending in Barbados was 76.18 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 76.65 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.59 years in 1950.
- How does Barbados rank for life expectancy vs. health spending?
- Barbados ranks 108th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy vs. health spending 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 UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy at birth.