Barbados
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Global rank#96out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

76.673.570.467.364.1196019922024Barbados · 2024: 76.33 yearsBarbados

Analytical takeaways

  • Barbados records 76.33 years for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024, ranking #96 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, total (years) increased from 64.15 years in 1960 to 76.33 years in 2024, a gain of 12.18 years.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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