Jamaica
Life expectancy at birth, female (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#141out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

74.672.370.067.865.5196019922024Jamaica · 2024: 74.15 yearsJamaica

Analytical takeaways

  • Jamaica records 74.15 years for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in 2024, ranking #141 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, female (years) increased from 65.48 years in 1960 to 74.15 years in 2024, a gain of 8.66 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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