List of North American countries by life expectancy
This is a list of North American countries by life expectancy at birth.
World Bank Group (2021)[edit]
Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2021.[1][2][3] The data is filtered according to the list of countries in North America. The values in the World Bank Group tables are rounded. All calculations are based on raw data; so due to the nuances of rounding, in some places illusory inconsistencies of indicators arose, with a size of 0.01 year.
Countries & territories |
2021 | Historical data | COVID-19 impact | |||||||||||||
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All | Male | Female | Sex gap | 2000 | 2000 →2014 |
2014 | 2014 →2019 |
2019 | 2019 →2020 |
2020 | 2020 →2021 |
2021 | 2019 →2021 |
2014 →2021 | ||
Canada | 82.60 | 80.62 | 84.67 | 4.05 | 79.17 | 2.62 | 81.78 | 0.44 | 82.23 | −0.56 | 81.67 | 0.93 | 82.60 | 0.37 | 0.81 | |
Saint Martin | 80.38 | 77.25 | 83.62 | 6.37 | 76.66 | 3.30 | 79.97 | 0.02 | 79.98 | 0.17 | 80.15 | 0.23 | 80.38 | 0.40 | 0.41 | |
Puerto Rico | 80.16 | 75.86 | 84.52 | 8.66 | 75.98 | 2.95 | 78.93 | 0.13 | 79.06 | −1.02 | 78.04 | 2.12 | 80.16 | 1.10 | 1.23 | |
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 80.07 | 76.80 | 83.50 | 6.70 | 76.62 | 2.25 | 78.87 | 0.80 | 79.67 | 0.15 | 79.82 | 0.25 | 80.07 | 0.40 | 1.20 | |
Bermuda | 79.28 | 75.82 | 82.71 | 6.89 | 78.86 | 0.66 | 79.52 | 1.52 | 81.03 | 0.10 | 81.14 | −1.86 | 79.28 | −1.75 | −0.24 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 78.50 | 75.78 | 80.94 | 5.17 | 74.61 | 3.25 | 77.86 | 0.83 | 78.69 | 0.15 | 78.84 | −0.34 | 78.50 | −0.19 | 0.64 | |
Barbados | 77.57 | 75.63 | 79.36 | 3.73 | 74.09 | 2.39 | 76.48 | 0.78 | 77.26 | 0.14 | 77.39 | 0.18 | 77.57 | 0.31 | 1.09 | |
Costa Rica | 77.02 | 74.42 | 79.81 | 5.39 | 77.59 | 1.19 | 78.77 | 0.65 | 79.43 | −0.15 | 79.28 | −2.25 | 77.02 | −2.40 | −1.75 | |
USA | 76.33 | 73.50 | 79.30 | 5.80 | 76.64 | 2.20 | 78.84 | −0.05 | 78.79 | −1.81 | 76.98 | −0.65 | 76.33 | −2.46 | −2.51 | |
Panama | 76.22 | 73.05 | 79.59 | 6.54 | 74.00 | 3.25 | 77.25 | 0.56 | 77.81 | −1.15 | 76.66 | −0.43 | 76.22 | −1.59 | −1.03 | |
Grenada | 74.94 | 72.21 | 77.90 | 5.69 | 72.78 | 2.20 | 74.98 | −0.12 | 74.86 | 0.06 | 74.92 | 0.01 | 74.94 | 0.07 | −0.05 | |
Aruba | 74.63 | 71.80 | 77.31 | 5.52 | 73.57 | 2.03 | 75.60 | 0.65 | 76.25 | −0.53 | 75.72 | −1.10 | 74.63 | −1.62 | −0.97 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 74.59 | 71.81 | 77.70 | 5.89 | 73.58 | 3.56 | 77.14 | −1.81 | 75.33 | −0.32 | 75.00 | −0.41 | 74.59 | −0.74 | −2.55 | |
British Virgin Islands | 74.49 | 71.75 | 77.46 | 5.71 | 73.97 | 1.65 | 75.61 | 0.25 | 75.86 | −0.01 | 75.85 | −1.36 | 74.49 | −1.37 | −1.12 | |
Sint Maarten | 73.97 | 71.54 | 76.70 | 5.16 | 74.51 | 2.26 | 76.77 | −1.34 | 75.44 | −0.85 | 74.58 | −0.61 | 73.97 | −1.47 | −2.80 | |
Nicaragua | 73.84 | 70.84 | 76.80 | 5.97 | 67.23 | 5.58 | 72.81 | 1.24 | 74.05 | −2.26 | 71.80 | 2.04 | 73.84 | −0.22 | 1.03 | |
Cuba | 73.68 | 71.25 | 76.36 | 5.11 | 76.18 | 1.67 | 77.85 | −0.24 | 77.61 | −0.04 | 77.57 | −3.88 | 73.68 | −3.93 | −4.17 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 72.97 | 69.66 | 76.40 | 6.74 | 69.10 | 5.11 | 74.22 | 0.01 | 74.23 | 0.18 | 74.41 | −1.44 | 72.97 | −1.26 | −1.24 | |
Dominica | 72.81 | 69.72 | 76.30 | 6.58 | 72.69 | −3.26 | 69.43 | 4.12 | 73.56 | 0.09 | 73.65 | −0.84 | 72.81 | −0.75 | 3.38 | |
Dominican Republic | 72.61 | 69.30 | 76.29 | 6.99 | 69.42 | 3.44 | 72.87 | 0.71 | 73.58 | −0.69 | 72.89 | −0.27 | 72.61 | −0.96 | −0.25 | |
St. Kitts and Nevis | 71.68 | 68.35 | 75.34 | 6.99 | 69.78 | 1.18 | 70.97 | 0.61 | 71.57 | 0.05 | 71.63 | 0.06 | 71.68 | 0.11 | 0.72 | |
Bahamas | 71.60 | 68.12 | 75.10 | 6.98 | 72.04 | 1.33 | 73.37 | −2.16 | 71.20 | 1.47 | 72.68 | −1.08 | 71.60 | 0.39 | −1.77 | |
World | 71.33 | 68.89 | 73.95 | 5.06 | 67.70 | 4.18 | 71.88 | 1.10 | 72.98 | −0.74 | 72.24 | −0.92 | 71.33 | −1.65 | −0.55 | |
Greenland | 71.15 | 69.65 | 72.72 | 3.07 | 66.10 | 5.88 | 71.99 | 0.06 | 72.04 | −0.41 | 71.64 | −0.49 | 71.15 | −0.90 | −0.84 | |
St. Lucia | 71.11 | 67.84 | 74.72 | 6.88 | 70.77 | 2.10 | 72.86 | 0.58 | 73.44 | −0.03 | 73.42 | −2.30 | 71.11 | −2.33 | −1.75 | |
Caribbean small states | 71.00 | 68.27 | 73.84 | 5.57 | 69.61 | 3.07 | 72.68 | −0.16 | 72.52 | 0.06 | 72.58 | −1.58 | 71.00 | −1.53 | −1.68 | |
El Salvador | 70.75 | 66.08 | 75.15 | 9.07 | 69.86 | 1.88 | 71.75 | 0.81 | 72.56 | −1.50 | 71.06 | −0.31 | 70.75 | −1.81 | −1.00 | |
Jamaica | 70.50 | 68.47 | 72.54 | 4.07 | 70.94 | 2.04 | 72.98 | −1.22 | 71.77 | 0.10 | 71.87 | −1.37 | 70.50 | −1.27 | −2.48 | |
Belize | 70.47 | 67.12 | 74.33 | 7.21 | 68.56 | 4.75 | 73.31 | 0.62 | 73.93 | −1.08 | 72.85 | −2.38 | 70.47 | −3.46 | −2.84 | |
Mexico | 70.21 | 66.06 | 74.86 | 8.81 | 73.57 | 1.23 | 74.80 | −0.59 | 74.20 | −4.07 | 70.13 | 0.08 | 70.21 | −3.99 | −4.58 | |
Honduras | 70.12 | 67.89 | 72.53 | 4.64 | 68.66 | 3.60 | 72.26 | 0.62 | 72.88 | −1.42 | 71.46 | −1.34 | 70.12 | −2.76 | −2.14 | |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.63 | 67.35 | 72.40 | 5.04 | 71.38 | 3.10 | 74.47 | −1.64 | 72.83 | −0.71 | 72.13 | −2.50 | 69.63 | −3.21 | −4.84 | |
Guatemala | 69.24 | 66.00 | 72.65 | 6.65 | 67.45 | 4.52 | 71.96 | 1.17 | 73.13 | −1.33 | 71.80 | −2.56 | 69.24 | −3.89 | −2.73 | |
Haiti | 63.19 | 60.40 | 66.12 | 5.72 | 58.37 | 4.62 | 62.99 | 1.27 | 64.25 | −0.20 | 64.05 | −0.86 | 63.19 | −1.06 | 0.20 |
United Nations (2022)[edit]
Estimation of the analytical agency of the UN.[4][5][6] By default, the list is sorted by 2022.
Countries & territories |
2019 | 2019 →2021 |
2021 | 2021 →2022 |
2022 | 2019 →2022 |
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overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | |||||
Canada | 82.4 | 80.4 | 84.4 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 82.7 | 80.6 | 84.7 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 82.8 | 80.9 | 84.8 | 3.9 | 0.4 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 77.0 | 75.9 | 78.1 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 78.5 | 75.8 | 80.9 | 5.1 | 0.7 | 79.2 | 76.5 | 81.6 | 5.1 | 2.2 | |
Cuba | 78.8 | 76.8 | 80.8 | 4.0 | −5.1 | 73.7 | 71.2 | 76.4 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 78.2 | 75.8 | 80.6 | 4.8 | −0.6 | |
USA | 78.9 | 76.3 | 81.4 | 5.1 | −1.7 | 77.2 | 74.3 | 80.2 | 5.9 | 1.0 | 78.2 | 75.5 | 81.0 | 5.5 | −0.7 | |
Barbados | 79.2 | 77.8 | 80.5 | 2.7 | −1.6 | 77.6 | 75.6 | 79.4 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 77.7 | 75.7 | 79.6 | 3.9 | −1.5 | |
Costa Rica | 80.3 | 77.7 | 82.9 | 5.2 | −3.3 | 77.0 | 74.4 | 79.8 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 77.3 | 74.8 | 80.0 | 5.2 | −3.0 | |
Panama | 78.5 | 75.4 | 81.8 | 6.4 | −2.3 | 76.2 | 73.0 | 79.6 | 6.6 | 0.6 | 76.8 | 73.7 | 80.1 | 6.4 | −1.7 | |
Grenada | 72.4 | 70.1 | 75.0 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 74.9 | 72.2 | 77.9 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 75.3 | 72.6 | 78.3 | 5.7 | 2.9 | |
Mexico | 75.1 | 72.2 | 77.9 | 5.7 | −4.9 | 70.2 | 66.1 | 74.9 | 8.8 | 4.6 | 74.8 | 71.5 | 78.2 | 6.7 | −0.3 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 73.5 | 70.9 | 76.2 | 5.3 | −0.5 | 73.0 | 69.7 | 76.4 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 74.7 | 71.3 | 78.2 | 6.9 | 1.2 | |
Nicaragua | 74.5 | 70.9 | 78.0 | 7.1 | −0.7 | 73.8 | 70.8 | 76.8 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 74.6 | 71.6 | 77.6 | 6.0 | 0.1 | |
Bahamas | 73.9 | 71.7 | 76.1 | 4.4 | −2.3 | 71.6 | 68.1 | 75.1 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 74.4 | 70.8 | 77.8 | 7.0 | 0.5 | |
Dominican Republic | 74.1 | 71.0 | 77.4 | 6.4 | −1.5 | 72.6 | 69.3 | 76.3 | 7.0 | 1.6 | 74.2 | 71.0 | 77.5 | 6.5 | 0.1 | |
Dominica | 78.2 | — | — | — | −5.4 | 72.8 | 69.7 | 76.3 | 6.6 | 0.2 | 73.0 | 69.9 | 76.5 | 6.6 | −5.2 | |
World | 72.8 | 70.6 | 75.0 | 4.4 | −1.4 | 71.4 | 68.9 | 74.0 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 72.0 | 69.6 | 74.5 | 4.9 | −0.8 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 74.8 | — | — | — | −3.1 | 71.7 | 68.3 | 75.3 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 72.0 | 68.7 | 75.7 | 7.0 | −2.8 | |
El Salvador | 73.3 | 68.5 | 77.8 | 9.3 | −2.6 | 70.7 | 66.1 | 75.1 | 9.0 | 0.8 | 71.5 | 66.8 | 75.8 | 9.0 | −1.8 | |
Saint Lucia | 76.2 | 74.9 | 77.6 | 2.7 | −5.1 | 71.1 | 67.8 | 74.7 | 6.9 | 0.2 | 71.3 | 68.0 | 74.9 | 6.9 | −4.9 | |
Belize | 74.6 | 71.7 | 77.8 | 6.1 | −4.1 | 70.5 | 67.1 | 74.3 | 7.2 | 0.5 | 71.0 | 67.7 | 74.7 | 7.0 | −3.6 | |
Honduras | 75.3 | 73.0 | 77.6 | 4.6 | −5.2 | 70.1 | 67.9 | 72.5 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 70.7 | 68.5 | 73.2 | 4.7 | −4.6 | |
Jamaica | 74.5 | 72.9 | 76.1 | 3.2 | −4.0 | 70.5 | 68.5 | 72.5 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 70.6 | 68.5 | 72.7 | 4.2 | −3.9 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 72.5 | 70.3 | 75.1 | 4.8 | −2.9 | 69.6 | 67.4 | 72.4 | 5.0 | −0.6 | 69.0 | 66.7 | 71.7 | 5.0 | −3.5 | |
Guatemala | 74.3 | 71.4 | 77.2 | 5.8 | −5.1 | 69.2 | 66.0 | 72.7 | 6.7 | −0.5 | 68.7 | 65.7 | 71.8 | 6.1 | −5.6 | |
Haiti | 64.0 | 61.8 | 66.2 | 4.4 | −0.8 | 63.2 | 60.4 | 66.1 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 63.7 | 60.9 | 66.7 | 5.8 | −0.3 |
WHO (2019)[edit]
Estimation of the World Health Organization for 2019.[7][8]
Countries | Life expectancy at birth | HALE at birth | Life expectancy at age 60 | HALE at age 60 | |||||||||||||||||
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All | M | F | FΔM | Δ 2000 |
All | M | F | FΔM | Δ 2000 |
All | M | F | FΔM | Δ 2000 |
All | M | F | FΔM | Δ 2000 | ||
Canada | 82.2 | 80.4 | 84.1 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 71.3 | 70.5 | 72.0 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 25.2 | 23.8 | 26.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 19.0 | 18.2 | 19.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | |
Costa Rica | 80.8 | 78.3 | 83.4 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 70.0 | 68.6 | 71.3 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 23.6 | 26.4 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 18.7 | 17.8 | 19.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | |
Panama | 79.3 | 76.6 | 82.1 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 68.7 | 67.4 | 70.0 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 24.3 | 22.6 | 26.0 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 18.1 | 17.1 | 19.2 | 2.1 | 0.5 | |
United States of America | 78.5 | 76.3 | 80.7 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 66.1 | 65.2 | 67.0 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 23.1 | 21.8 | 24.4 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 16.4 | 15.6 | 17.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | |
Cuba | 77.8 | 75.4 | 80.3 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 67.8 | 66.6 | 69.2 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 21.6 | 20.0 | 23.2 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 16.3 | 15.2 | 17.4 | 2.2 | −0.2 | |
Americas[9] | 77.2 | 74.5 | 79.8 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 66.2 | 64.8 | 67.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 22.7 | 21.2 | 24.0 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 16.6 | 15.7 | 17.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 76.5 | 74.9 | 78.0 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 67.0 | 66.2 | 67.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 20.6 | 19.8 | 21.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 15.8 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 76.1 | 72.5 | 79.9 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 66.2 | 64.0 | 68.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 22.7 | 20.4 | 25.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 17.2 | 15.6 | 18.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | |
Barbados | 76.0 | 74.3 | 77.7 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 67.0 | 66.2 | 67.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 20.9 | 19.9 | 21.8 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 16.3 | 15.7 | 16.9 | 1.2 | −0.1 | |
Jamaica | 76.0 | 74.4 | 77.7 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 66.6 | 65.9 | 67.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 21.3 | 20.1 | 22.6 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 16.4 | 15.5 | 17.3 | 1.8 | 0.1 | |
Mexico | 76.0 | 73.1 | 78.9 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 65.8 | 64.3 | 67.2 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 21.8 | 20.5 | 23.1 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 16.8 | 1.5 | 0.3 | |
Nicaragua | 75.0 | 72.1 | 77.9 | 5.8 | 1.7 | 65.5 | 63.7 | 67.2 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 20.0 | 18.0 | 21.9 | 3.9 | −0.1 | 15.1 | 13.7 | 16.3 | 2.6 | 0.0 | |
El Salvador | 75.0 | 70.6 | 79.1 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 64.9 | 61.6 | 67.8 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 22.1 | 20.4 | 23.6 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 16.4 | 15.1 | 17.4 | 2.3 | 0.3 | |
Belize | 74.4 | 71.4 | 77.8 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 65.3 | 63.5 | 67.3 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 21.5 | 20.3 | 22.9 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 16.7 | 15.9 | 17.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 | |
Saint Lucia | 74.3 | 71.3 | 77.7 | 6.4 | 1.1 | 64.7 | 63.0 | 66.6 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 20.9 | 19.2 | 22.9 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 15.8 | 14.7 | 17.1 | 2.4 | 0.6 | |
World | 73.3 | 70.8 | 75.9 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 63.7 | 62.5 | 64.9 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 21.1 | 19.5 | 22.7 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 15.8 | 14.8 | 16.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | |
Bahamas | 73.2 | 69.9 | 76.6 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 64.4 | 62.3 | 66.5 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 20.8 | 19.1 | 22.4 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 16.2 | 14.9 | 17.3 | 2.4 | 0.6 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.2 | 71.3 | 75.3 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 64.0 | 62.9 | 65.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 20.9 | 20.2 | 21.6 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 15.9 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 | |
Grenada | 72.9 | 70.6 | 75.3 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 63.9 | 62.6 | 65.4 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 18.7 | 17.2 | 20.3 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 14.3 | 13.1 | 15.6 | 2.5 | 0.4 | |
Dominican Republic | 72.8 | 69.8 | 76.2 | 6.4 | −0.4 | 64.0 | 62.1 | 66.1 | 4.0 | −0.1 | 20.6 | 19.0 | 22.4 | 3.4 | −1.8 | 16.0 | 14.8 | 17.2 | 2.4 | −1.3 | |
Guatemala | 72.0 | 69.0 | 75.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 62.3 | 60.5 | 64.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 20.5 | 19.4 | 21.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 15.0 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | |
Honduras | 71.9 | 70.7 | 73.2 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 63.0 | 62.7 | 63.3 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 18.3 | 17.5 | 19.1 | 1.6 | −1.3 | 13.8 | 13.4 | 14.2 | 0.8 | −0.9 | |
Haiti | 64.1 | 63.3 | 64.8 | 1.5 | 7.1 | 55.8 | 55.9 | 55.8 | −0.1 | 5.8 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
Charts[edit]
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Comparison of life expectancy in some countries of North America since 1960[1]
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Development of life expectancy in the United States and Canada since 1831
See also[edit]
- List of countries by life expectancy
- List of countries in the Americas by life expectancy
- List of Caribbean countries by life expectancy
- List of Central American countries by life expectancy
- List of North American countries by population
- List of Canadian provinces and territories by life expectancy
- List of Mexican states by life expectancy
- List of U.S. states and territories by life expectancy
- List of U.S. counties with longest life expectancy
- List of U.S. counties with shortest life expectancy
- List of U.S. congressional districts by life expectancy
- List of U.S. states by changes in life expectancy, 1985–2010
- Oldest people
- Longevity
- Life extension
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