What is life expectancy in Bahamas?

Life expectancy in Bahamas was 74.55 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 Bahamas?

The highest recorded value was 74.55 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Bahamas?

The lowest recorded value was 58.89 years in 1950.

How does Bahamas rank for life expectancy?

Bahamas ranks 126th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Bahamas?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Bahamas 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.

Life expectancy in Bahamas

Name: Life expectancy in Bahamas
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Bahamas: Life expectancy was 74.55 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

74.55 years

Change on year

up 0.1%

World rank

126th

of 236 countries

All-time high

74.55 years

in 2023

All-time low

58.89 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Bahamas, 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 Bahamas stood at 74.55 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Bahamas peaked at 74.55 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 58.89 years, in 1950.

That places Bahamas 126th 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	60.48 years	58.89 years	62.08 years	10
1960s	64.09 years	62.45 years	65.77 years	10
1970s	67.75 years	66.16 years	68.96 years	10
1980s	70.05 years	69.09 years	70.72 years	10
1990s	71.47 years	70.94 years	72.15 years	10
2000s	73.19 years	72.48 years	73.46 years	10
2010s	73.6 years	71.41 years	74.06 years	10
2020s	73.2 years	70.75 years	74.55 years	4

Countries ranked near Bahamas

123 Mauritius 74.93 years compare
124 Bangladesh 74.67 years compare
125 Vietnam 74.59 years compare
127 Georgia 74.5 years compare
128 Belarus 74.43 years compare
129 Azerbaijan 74.43 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Bahamas

Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 2,624 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 2,792 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 2,716 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 2,665 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 2,694 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 2,638 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 2,683 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, male 136,016 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 2,653 (2025)
Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 2,187 (2025)

All data for Bahamas →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Bahamas?: Life expectancy in Bahamas was 74.55 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 Bahamas?: The highest recorded value was 74.55 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Bahamas?: The lowest recorded value was 58.89 years in 1950.
How does Bahamas rank for life expectancy?: Bahamas ranks 126th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Bahamas?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bahamas 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

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.