What is life expectancy in Cuba?

Life expectancy in Cuba was 78.09 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 Cuba?

The highest recorded value was 78.16 years in 2012.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Cuba?

The lowest recorded value was 18.9 years in 1899.

How does Cuba rank for life expectancy?

Cuba ranks 74th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Cuba?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Cuba 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 Cuba

Name: Life expectancy in Cuba
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)

Cuba: Life expectancy was 78.09 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

78.09 years

Change on year

up 0.6%

World rank

74th

of 236 countries

All-time high

78.16 years

in 2012

All-time low

18.9 years

in 1899

Years of data

1899–2023

Life expectancy in Cuba, 1899–2023

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 Cuba stood at 78.09 years.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Cuba peaked at 78.16 years in 2012 and was at its lowest, 18.9 years, in 1899.

Cuba ranks 74th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 85 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1890s	18.9 years	18.9 years	18.9 years	1
1900s	33.08 years	32 years	34.16 years	2
1910s	36.14 years	36 years	36.29 years	2
1920s	38.88 years	38.76 years	39 years	2
1930s	43.29 years	42 years	44.57 years	2
1940s	47.97 years	45 years	50.93 years	2
1950s	60.89 years	58.99 years	62.83 years	10
1960s	65.36 years	63.32 years	67.36 years	10
1970s	70.14 years	67.94 years	72.27 years	10
1980s	73.42 years	72.6 years	73.72 years	10
1990s	74.46 years	73.76 years	75.72 years	10
2000s	77.15 years	75.92 years	77.59 years	10
2010s	77.74 years	77.3 years	78.16 years	10
2020s	76.58 years	73.2 years	78.09 years	4

Countries ranked near Cuba

71 Croatia 78.58 years compare
72 Slovakia 78.34 years compare
73 Uruguay 78.14 years compare
75 Turks and Caicos Islands 78.01 years compare
76 China 77.95 years compare
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.85 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Cuba

Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 59,276 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 64,847 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 62,058 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 64,557 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 61,095 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 63,460 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, male 15.3% (2025)
Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 58,306 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 62,519 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 60,779 (2025)

All data for Cuba →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Cuba?: Life expectancy in Cuba was 78.09 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 Cuba?: The highest recorded value was 78.16 years in 2012.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Cuba?: The lowest recorded value was 18.9 years in 1899.
How does Cuba rank for life expectancy?: Cuba ranks 74th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Cuba?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cuba 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.