Life expectancy in Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: Life expectancy was 80.36 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Cayman Islands, 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
Cayman Islands recorded 80.36 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Cayman Islands peaked at 80.36 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 54.01 years, in 1950.
Cayman Islands ranks 54th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 56.12 years | 54.01 years | 58.24 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 61.63 years | 58.78 years | 63.97 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 66.72 years | 64.38 years | 69.02 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 71.23 years | 69.49 years | 72.55 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 73.5 years | 72.74 years | 74.23 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.88 years | 74.38 years | 75.67 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.83 years | 76.07 years | 79.05 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.72 years | 79.23 years | 80.36 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cayman Islands
- 51 Costa Rica 80.8 years compare
- 52 Taiwan 80.56 years compare
- 53 Kuwait 80.4 years compare
- 55 Saint Martin (French part) 80.22 years compare
- 56 Faroe Islands 80.18 years compare
- 57 Oman 80.03 years compare
More health data for Cayman Islands
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 376 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 394 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 384 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 386 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 381 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 380 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 379 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 383 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 381 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 380 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Cayman Islands?
- Life expectancy in Cayman Islands was 80.36 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 Cayman Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 80.36 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Cayman Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.01 years in 1950.
- How does Cayman Islands rank for life expectancy?
- Cayman Islands ranks 54th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Cayman Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cayman Islands 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.