What is life expectancy in Barbados?

Life expectancy in Barbados was 76.18 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 Barbados?

The highest recorded value was 76.65 years in 2020.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Barbados?

The lowest recorded value was 53.59 years in 1950.

How does Barbados rank for life expectancy?

Barbados ranks 108th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy 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 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 Barbados

Name: Life expectancy in Barbados
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)

Barbados: Life expectancy was 76.18 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

76.18 years

Change on year

up 0.7%

World rank

108th

of 236 countries

All-time high

76.65 years

in 2020

All-time low

53.59 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Barbados, 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

The most recent figure for life expectancy in Barbados is 76.18 years, measured in 2023.

The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Barbados peaked at 76.65 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 53.59 years, in 1950.

Barbados ranks 108th of 236 countries on this measure, 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

Countries ranked near Barbados

105 Algeria 76.26 years compare
106 Latvia 76.19 years compare
107 Montserrat 76.19 years compare
109 Cape Verde 76.06 years compare
110 Mayotte 76.05 years compare
111 Lithuania 76.03 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Barbados

Population ages 65 and above, male 20,480 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, male 15.1% (2025)
Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 1,753 (2025)
Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 1,743 (2025)
Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 1,825 (2025)
Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 1,944 (2025)
Population ages 0-14, female 16.1% (2025)
Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 1,838 (2025)
Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 1,772 (2025)
Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 1,757 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Barbados?: Life expectancy in Barbados was 76.18 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 Barbados?: The highest recorded value was 76.65 years in 2020.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Barbados?: The lowest recorded value was 53.59 years in 1950.
How does Barbados rank for life expectancy?: Barbados ranks 108th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy 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 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.