Life expectancy in Anguilla
Anguilla: Life expectancy was 79.31 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Anguilla, 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
In 2023, life expectancy in Anguilla stood at 79.31 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Anguilla peaked at 79.31 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 55.06 years, in 1950.
That places Anguilla 62nd 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 | 57.4 years | 55.06 years | 59.85 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 62.41 years | 58.83 years | 64.53 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 66.84 years | 65 years | 68.6 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 70.32 years | 68.92 years | 71.78 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 73.55 years | 72.09 years | 74.89 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.18 years | 75.15 years | 77.04 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.67 years | 77.17 years | 78.43 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.88 years | 78.41 years | 79.31 years | 4 |
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More health data for Anguilla
- Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood 0.0079 under-five deaths per woman (2021)
- Life expectancy at age 15 89.84 years (2100)
- Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 0.5608 deaths per 100 live births (2024)
- Reported cases of measles 0 Cases (2024)
- Child mortality by income level of country 0.5608 deaths per 100 live births (2024)
- Child mortality vs. health spending 0.5608 deaths per 100 live births (2024)
- Life expectancy vs. health spending 79.31 years (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Anguilla?
- Life expectancy in Anguilla was 79.31 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 Anguilla?
- The highest recorded value was 79.31 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Anguilla?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.06 years in 1950.
- How does Anguilla rank for life expectancy?
- Anguilla ranks 62nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Anguilla?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Anguilla 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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About this data
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.