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

Within the “Latin America & Caribbean” group, Chile leads Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2024 at 79.45 years, while Haiti sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 61.90 years. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.019.939.759.679.5ChileChile: 79.45 years79.5Costa RicaCosta Rica: 78.37 years78.4Puerto Rico (US)Puerto Rico (US): 78.28 years78.3Cayman IslandsCayman Islands: 78.20 years78.2Virgin Islands (U.S.)Virgin Islands (U.S.): 77.60 years77.6St. Martin (French part)St. Martin (French part): 76.99 years77.0PanamaPanama: 76.88 years76.9Turks and Caicos IslandsTurks and Caicos Islands: 76.01 years76.0CubaCuba: 75.86 years75.9PeruPeru: 75.63 years75.6ColombiaColombia: 75.16 years75.2ArgentinaArgentina: 74.98 years75.0

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Chile 79.45 years
2 Costa Rica 78.37 years
3 Puerto Rico (US) 78.28 years
4 Cayman Islands 78.20 years
5 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 77.60 years
6 St. Martin (French part) 76.99 years
7 Panama 76.88 years
8 Turks and Caicos Islands 76.01 years
9 Cuba 75.86 years
10 Peru 75.63 years
11 Colombia 75.16 years
12 Argentina 74.98 years
13 Ecuador 74.88 years
14 Antigua and Barbuda 74.74 years
15 British Virgin Islands 74.70 years
16 Uruguay 74.38 years
17 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 73.85 years
18 Aruba 73.85 years
19 Barbados 73.75 years
20 Brazil 72.95 years
21 Curacao 72.66 years
22 Grenada 72.52 years
23 Nicaragua 72.46 years
24 Mexico 72.44 years
25 Belize 71.08 years
26 Bahamas, The 71.06 years
27 Paraguay 71.01 years
28 Dominican Republic 70.66 years
29 Suriname 70.60 years
30 Trinidad and Tobago 70.51 years
31 Honduras 70.49 years
32 Guatemala 70.44 years
33 St. Lucia 69.45 years
34 Jamaica 69.08 years
35 Venezuela, RB 68.89 years
36 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 68.78 years
37 St. Kitts and Nevis 68.69 years
38 Dominica 68.35 years
39 El Salvador 67.76 years
40 Guyana 66.62 years
41 Bolivia 66.27 years
42 Haiti 61.90 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Latin America & Caribbean group for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2024, Chile leads with a gap of 1.09 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 61.90 years.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.