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

Within the “Latin America & Caribbean” group, Puerto Rico (US) leads Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024 at 81.90 years, while Haiti sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 65.12 years. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.020.541.061.481.9Puerto Rico (US)Puerto Rico (US): 81.90 years81.9ChileChile: 81.36 years81.4Costa RicaCosta Rica: 81.00 years81.0Virgin Islands (U.S.)Virgin Islands (U.S.): 80.77 years80.8Cayman IslandsCayman Islands: 80.54 years80.5St. Martin (French part)St. Martin (French part): 80.44 years80.4PanamaPanama: 79.78 years79.8UruguayUruguay: 78.29 years78.3CubaCuba: 78.26 years78.3Turks and Caicos IslandsTurks and Caicos Islands: 78.18 years78.2PeruPeru: 77.94 years77.9ColombiaColombia: 77.91 years77.9

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Puerto Rico (US) 81.90 years
2 Chile 81.36 years
3 Costa Rica 81.00 years
4 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 80.77 years
5 Cayman Islands 80.54 years
6 St. Martin (French part) 80.44 years
7 Panama 79.78 years
8 Uruguay 78.29 years
9 Cuba 78.26 years
10 Turks and Caicos Islands 78.18 years
11 Peru 77.94 years
12 Colombia 77.91 years
13 Antigua and Barbuda 77.77 years
14 Ecuador 77.58 years
15 Argentina 77.54 years
16 British Virgin Islands 77.43 years
17 Curacao 76.99 years
18 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 76.53 years
19 Aruba 76.50 years
20 Barbados 76.33 years
21 Brazil 76.02 years
22 Grenada 75.37 years
23 Mexico 75.26 years
24 Nicaragua 75.10 years
25 Bahamas, The 74.71 years
26 Paraguay 73.98 years
27 Dominican Republic 73.87 years
28 Suriname 73.76 years
29 Belize 73.74 years
30 Trinidad and Tobago 73.62 years
31 Honduras 73.04 years
32 St. Lucia 72.85 years
33 Guatemala 72.75 years
34 Venezuela, RB 72.67 years
35 El Salvador 72.30 years
36 St. Kitts and Nevis 72.28 years
37 Jamaica 71.61 years
38 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 71.38 years
39 Dominica 71.29 years
40 Guyana 70.32 years
41 Bolivia 68.74 years
42 Haiti 65.12 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Latin America & Caribbean group for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024, Puerto Rico (US) leads with a gap of 0.54 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 65.12 years.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.