Healthy life expectancy in Barbados

Healthy life expectancy at birth in Barbados was 67.4 years in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Healthy life expectancy at birth Unit: Years Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: WHO
Barbados, 2023 67.4 Years
Change from 2022 +1.4% 2022: 66.5 years
Position in 2023 43rd of 185 See the full ranking

Healthy life expectancy in Barbados over time

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Years. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Healthy life expectancy at birth (years), 2000 to 2023
Period Barbados
2023 67.4 years
2022 66.5 years
2021 66.2 years
2020 66.9 years
2019 66.1 years
2018 66.1 years
2017 66.1 years
2016 66.0 years
2015 66.0 years
2014 66.0 years
2013 65.9 years
2012 65.9 years
2011 65.8 years
2010 65.7 years
2009 65.6 years
2008 65.5 years
2007 65.2 years
2006 65.1 years
2005 65.1 years
2004 65.0 years
2003 64.9 years
2002 64.9 years
2001 64.9 years
2000 64.6 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.4% from 66.5 years in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 65.9 years, the figure has changed by +2.3%.
  • Among the 185 countries with data for 2023, Barbados has the 43rd highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Dataset or series code
WHOSIS_000002 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2023 for Barbados
Provider update
1 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (WHO datasets, with additional terms)
Attribution
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory