What is life expectancy in Turks and Caicos Islands?

Life expectancy in Turks and Caicos Islands was 78.01 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 Turks and Caicos Islands?

The highest recorded value was 78.01 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Turks and Caicos Islands?

The lowest recorded value was 48.57 years in 1950.

How does Turks and Caicos Islands rank for life expectancy?

Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 75th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Turks and Caicos Islands?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Turks and Caicos 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.

Life expectancy in Turks and Caicos Islands

Name: Life expectancy in Turks and Caicos Islands
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)

Turks and Caicos Islands: Life expectancy was 78.01 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

78.01 years

Change on year

up 0.1%

World rank

75th

of 236 countries

All-time high

78.01 years

in 2023

All-time low

48.57 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Turks and Caicos 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

Turks and Caicos Islands recorded 78.01 years for life expectancy in 2023. 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 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Turks and Caicos Islands peaked at 78.01 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48.57 years, in 1950.

That places Turks and Caicos Islands 75th 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	52.18 years	48.57 years	55.56 years	10
1960s	59.37 years	56.29 years	62.13 years	10
1970s	64.87 years	62.69 years	66.77 years	10
1980s	68.52 years	67.11 years	69.92 years	10
1990s	71.8 years	70.22 years	73.53 years	10
2000s	75.54 years	73.97 years	76.67 years	10
2010s	77.25 years	76.78 years	77.69 years	10
2020s	77.66 years	77.23 years	78.01 years	4

Countries ranked near Turks and Caicos Islands

72 Slovakia 78.34 years compare
73 Uruguay 78.14 years compare
74 Cuba 78.09 years compare
76 China 77.95 years compare
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.85 years compare
78 Lebanon 77.82 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Turks and Caicos Islands

Age population, age 21, male, interpolated 227 (2025)
Population, male 23,439 (2025)
Population ages 0-14, total 7,485 (2025)
Population ages 0-14, male 15.8% (2025)
Population ages 0-14, male 3,705 (2025)
Population ages 0-14, female 16.1% (2025)
Population ages 0-14, female 3,780 (2025)
Population, male 50.0% (2025)
Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 222 (2025)
Age population, age 22, male, interpolated 240 (2025)

All data for Turks and Caicos Islands →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Turks and Caicos Islands?: Life expectancy in Turks and Caicos Islands was 78.01 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 Turks and Caicos Islands?: The highest recorded value was 78.01 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Turks and Caicos Islands?: The lowest recorded value was 48.57 years in 1950.
How does Turks and Caicos Islands rank for life expectancy?: Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 75th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Turks and Caicos Islands?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Turks and Caicos 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

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.