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Latin America & Caribbean
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

Within the “Latin America & Caribbean” group, Puerto Rico (US) leads Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in 2024 at 85.38 years, while Haiti sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 68.49 years. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.021.342.764.085.4Puerto Rico (US)Puerto Rico (US): 85.38 years85.4Virgin Islands (U.S.)Virgin Islands (U.S.): 84.10 years84.1St. Martin (French part)St. Martin (French part): 83.96 years84.0Costa RicaCosta Rica: 83.58 years83.6ChileChile: 83.23 years83.2Cayman IslandsCayman Islands: 83.00 years83.0PanamaPanama: 82.71 years82.7UruguayUruguay: 82.04 years82.0CuracaoCuracao: 80.96 years81.0CubaCuba: 80.68 years80.7ColombiaColombia: 80.61 years80.6Turks and Caicos IslandsTurks and Caicos Islands: 80.45 years80.4

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Puerto Rico (US) 85.38 years
2 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 84.10 years
3 St. Martin (French part) 83.96 years
4 Costa Rica 83.58 years
5 Chile 83.23 years
6 Cayman Islands 83.00 years
7 Panama 82.71 years
8 Uruguay 82.04 years
9 Curacao 80.96 years
10 Cuba 80.68 years
11 Colombia 80.61 years
12 Turks and Caicos Islands 80.45 years
13 Antigua and Barbuda 80.45 years
14 Ecuador 80.31 years
15 Peru 80.30 years
16 British Virgin Islands 80.19 years
17 Argentina 80.02 years
18 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 79.66 years
19 Brazil 79.15 years
20 Aruba 78.92 years
21 Barbados 78.76 years
22 Grenada 78.50 years
23 Bahamas, The 78.33 years
24 Mexico 78.00 years
25 Nicaragua 77.58 years
26 Dominican Republic 77.11 years
27 Paraguay 77.09 years
28 Suriname 76.98 years
29 Trinidad and Tobago 76.83 years
30 Belize 76.66 years
31 Venezuela, RB 76.66 years
32 El Salvador 76.49 years
33 St. Lucia 76.45 years
34 St. Kitts and Nevis 76.16 years
35 Honduras 75.67 years
36 Guatemala 75.04 years
37 Dominica 74.72 years
38 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 74.48 years
39 Jamaica 74.15 years
40 Guyana 74.09 years
41 Bolivia 71.32 years
42 Haiti 68.49 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Latin America & Caribbean group for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in 2024, Puerto Rico (US) leads with a gap of 1.28 years to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 42 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Haiti at 68.49 years.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.