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Health · Latin America & Caribbean · High income
Curaçao: health in numbers
Life expectancy is 77.0 yrs (2024), 85th of 217 in the world and 17th of 42 in Latin America & Caribbean. Life expectancy, women is 81.0 yrs (2024), 71st of 217 in the world and 9th of 42 in Latin America & Caribbean. Life expectancy, men is 72.7 yrs (2024), 100th of 217 in the world and 21st of 42 in Latin America & Caribbean.
Life expectancy
CuraçaoLatin America & CaribbeanHigh incomeWorld
Life expectancy, women
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6 indicators
Health: Curaçao in detail
Latest reported value, world rank and rank within Latin America & Caribbean; values around 2000, 2010, 2020; group and world columns are World Bank aggregates.
| Indicator | Latest | World rank | In region | ~2000 | ~2010 | ~2020 | 10-year change | Region | Income group | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancyLife expectancy at birth, years | 77.0 yrs2024 | 85/217 | 17/42 | 73.3 yrs | 75.1 yrs | 76.5 yrs | +0.8%since 2014 | 75.8 yrs | 80.4 yrs | 73.5 yrs | |
| Life expectancy, womenLife expectancy at birth, women, years | 81.0 yrs2024 | 71/217 | 9/42 | 76.2 yrs | 78.4 yrs | 80.6 yrs | +1.1%since 2014 | 78.7 yrs | 83.2 yrs | 76.0 yrs | |
| Life expectancy, menLife expectancy at birth, men, years | 72.7 yrs2024 | 100/217 | 21/42 | 70.2 yrs | 71.6 yrs | 72.2 yrs | +0.3%since 2014 | 72.9 yrs | 77.8 yrs | 71.1 yrs | |
| TuberculosisTuberculosis incidence, per 100,000 people | 32024 | 192/208 | 32/40 | · | 3 | 4 | −6.7%since 2014 | 51 | 12 | 131 | |
| Basic waterBasic drinking water, % of population | 100.0%2024 | 6/206 | 1/35 | 98.7% | 99.7% | 100.0% | ±0.0 ppsince 2014 | 97.6% | 99.2% | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitationBasic sanitation, % of population | 99.2%2017 | — | — | 98.3% | 99.0% | · | +0.4 ppsince 2007 | 90.3% | 98.3% | 82.2% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)“·” — no value reported within two years of that date. World rank counts countries with a recent value.
Better than ten years ago
- Life expectancy+0.8%77.0 yrs in 2024
- Life expectancy, women+1.1%81.0 yrs in 2024
- Life expectancy, men+0.3%72.7 yrs in 2024
- Tuberculosis−6.7%3 in 2024
Worse than ten years ago
No rated indicator got worse over the decade.
Only indicators where higher or lower is clearly better are rated (for example, unemployment down is better, life expectancy up is better).