What is life expectancy in Saint Helena?

Life expectancy in Saint Helena was 76.79 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 Saint Helena?

The highest recorded value was 77.17 years in 2005.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Saint Helena?

The lowest recorded value was 66.01 years in 1950.

How does Saint Helena rank for life expectancy?

Saint Helena ranks 97th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Saint Helena?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Saint Helena 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 Saint Helena

Name: Life expectancy in Saint Helena
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)

Saint Helena: Life expectancy was 76.79 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

76.79 years

Change on year

up 0.1%

World rank

97th

of 236 countries

All-time high

77.17 years

in 2005

All-time low

66.01 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Saint Helena, 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 Saint Helena is 76.79 years, measured in 2023.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Saint Helena peaked at 77.17 years in 2005 and was at its lowest, 66.01 years, in 1950.

Saint Helena ranks 97th 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	66.98 years	66.01 years	67.69 years	10
1960s	68.15 years	67.73 years	68.61 years	10
1970s	69.1 years	68.6 years	69.72 years	10
1980s	70.64 years	69.86 years	71.34 years	10
1990s	73.27 years	71.54 years	76.04 years	10
2000s	76.28 years	75.73 years	77.17 years	10
2010s	76.15 years	75.2 years	76.68 years	10
2020s	76.79 years	76.74 years	76.89 years	4

Countries ranked near Saint Helena

94 Hungary 77.02 years compare
95 French Guiana 76.98 years compare
96 Curacao 76.8 years compare
98 Serbia 76.77 years compare
99 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 76.76 years compare
100 Malaysia 76.66 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Saint Helena

Life expectancy at age 15 87.83 years (2100)
Life expectancy vs. health spending 76.79 years (2023)

All data for Saint Helena →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Saint Helena?: Life expectancy in Saint Helena was 76.79 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 Saint Helena?: The highest recorded value was 77.17 years in 2005.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Saint Helena?: The lowest recorded value was 66.01 years in 1950.
How does Saint Helena rank for life expectancy?: Saint Helena ranks 97th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Saint Helena?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saint Helena 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.