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Compare Life Expectancy at Birth across 20 selected countries in the Americas using World Bank data for 2024. Values are measured in years.
Data year: 2024 Source: World Bank Last refreshed:
The latest sufficiently complete World Bank data for the selected countries is from 2024. Retrieval date and data year are different; no newer values are inferred.
Key findings
- Canada has the highest observed value at 82.1 years.
- Bolivia has the lowest observed value at 68.7 years.
- The median across 20 reporting countries is 77.6 years.
- The difference between the highest and lowest values is 13.4 years.
Comparison across selected countries in the Americas. Values in years. Bar lengths start at zero; the table below provides the same observations.
Complete selected-country ranking
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 82.1 years |
| 2 | Chile | 81.4 years |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 81 years |
| 4 | Panama | 79.8 years |
| 5 | United States | 78.9 years |
| 6 | Uruguay | 78.3 years |
| 7 | Cuba | 78.3 years |
| 8 | Peru | 77.9 years |
| 9 | Colombia | 77.9 years |
| 10 | Ecuador | 77.6 years |
| 11 | Argentina | 77.5 years |
| 12 | Brazil | 76 years |
| 13 | Mexico | 75.3 years |
| 14 | Nicaragua | 75.1 years |
| 15 | Paraguay | 74 years |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 73.9 years |
| 17 | Honduras | 73 years |
| 18 | Guatemala | 72.7 years |
| 19 | El Salvador | 72.3 years |
| 20 | Bolivia | 68.7 years |
What the data shows
The unweighted country mean is 76.6 years, compared with a median of 77.6 years. Each reporting country has equal weight; this is not a population-weighted or regional aggregate. The gap between the two highest observed values is 0.7 years. These comparisons describe the observations and do not establish causes.
Methodology
- Provider
- World Bank
- Dataset
- Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
- Indicator ID
- SP.DYN.LE00.IN
- Data year
- 2024
- Units
- years
- Coverage
- 20 of 20 selected countries in the Americas.
Source: World Bank: Life expectancy at birth, total (years) (2024)
Rankings use the cited source values without imputation or interpolation. Display rounding does not affect rank.
Technical details
- Coverage threshold
- Minimum 18 reporting countries.
- Countries included
- Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Panama, United States, Uruguay, Cuba, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Bolivia
- Countries excluded (missing observations; ISO3 codes)
- None
- Ranking direction
- descending
- Sorting
- Exact source values; equal values share competition rank. Ties display by ascending country ID, then record ID.
- Statistics
- Unweighted arithmetic mean, median, and highest minus lowest. Derived decimals use half-up rounding; source values remain exact.
Why a newer year was not selected
- 2026: 0 available observations; 18 required.
- 2025: 0 available observations; 18 required.
Caveats
This is a selected-country comparison, not a global ranking. Missing countries may affect the distribution. A higher value does not necessarily imply a better outcome. Source observations may be revised.