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Health in Latin America & Caribbean: how the countries rank

Life expectancy, child and maternal mortality, health spending, water and sanitation. 18 indicators for the 42 economies of Latin America & Caribbean, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Life expectancy75.8 yrsgroup, 2024 · world 73.5 yrsLife expectancy, women78.7 yrsgroup, 2024 · world 76.0 yrsLife expectancy, men72.9 yrsgroup, 2024 · world 71.1 yrsInfant mortality13.3group, 2024 · world 27.7Under-5 mortality15.4group, 2024 · world 37.4Neonatal mortality8.3group, 2024 · world 17.2Maternal mortality77group, 2023 · world 197Measles vaccination86%group, 2024 · world 84%
Life expectancy
Latin America & CaribbeanWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaMiddle East & North Africa
6065707580199520002005201020152020Latin America & Caribbean75.8 yrsWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaMiddle East & North Africa
Life expectancy, women
Latin America & CaribbeanWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaMiddle East & North Africa
6570758085199520002005201020152020Latin America & Caribbean78.7 yrsWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaMiddle East & North Africa
countries

All 42 economies, health

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its health profile.

42 shown
CountryLife expectancyLife expectancy, womenLife expectancy, menInfant mortalityUnder-5 mortalityNeonatal mortalityMaternal mortalityMeasles vaccination
Puerto Rico81.9 yrs#1 · 202485.4 yrs#1 · 202478.3 yrs#3 · 2024———11#33 · 2023—
Chile81.4 yrs#2 · 202483.2 yrs#5 · 202479.5 yrs#1 · 20245.8#34 · 20246.8#34 · 20244.7#31 · 202410#34 · 202393%#11 · 2024
Costa Rica81.0 yrs#3 · 202483.6 yrs#4 · 202478.4 yrs#2 · 20249.1#28 · 202410.4#27 · 20247.3#20 · 202424#31 · 202393%#13 · 2024
US Virgin Islands80.8 yrs#4 · 202484.1 yrs#2 · 202477.6 yrs#5 · 2024—————
Cayman Islands80.5 yrs#5 · 202483.0 yrs#6 · 202478.2 yrs#4 · 2024—————
Saint Martin (French part)80.4 yrs#6 · 202484.0 yrs#3 · 202477.0 yrs#6 · 2024—————
Panama79.8 yrs#7 · 202482.7 yrs#7 · 202476.9 yrs#7 · 202412.0#18 · 202415.3#15 · 20245.3#28 · 202437#25 · 202393%#14 · 2024
Uruguay78.3 yrs#8 · 202482.0 yrs#8 · 202474.4 yrs#16 · 20246.2#33 · 20247.4#33 · 20244.0#34 · 202415#32 · 202397%#5 · 2024
Cuba78.3 yrs#9 · 202480.7 yrs#10 · 202475.9 yrs#9 · 20246.8#32 · 20248.6#32 · 20244.3#32 · 202435#29 · 202399%#1 · 2024
Turks and Caicos Islands78.2 yrs#10 · 202480.4 yrs#12 · 202476.0 yrs#8 · 20243.0#35 · 20244.7#35 · 20242.4#35 · 2024——
Peru77.9 yrs#11 · 202480.3 yrs#15 · 202475.6 yrs#10 · 202411.0#21 · 202412.9#20 · 20246.5#24 · 202451#19 · 202389%#18 · 2024
Colombia77.9 yrs#12 · 202480.6 yrs#11 · 202475.2 yrs#11 · 202410.5#24 · 202411.5#24 · 20246.3#26 · 202459#14 · 202393%#12 · 2024
Antigua and Barbuda77.8 yrs#13 · 202480.4 yrs#13 · 202474.7 yrs#14 · 20247.0#31 · 20249.1#31 · 20245.2#29 · 202435#27 · 202397%#4 · 2024
Ecuador77.6 yrs#14 · 202480.3 yrs#14 · 202474.9 yrs#13 · 202410.9#22 · 202412.9#19 · 20247.0#22 · 202455#17 · 202374%#30 · 2024
Argentina77.5 yrs#15 · 202480.0 yrs#17 · 202475.0 yrs#12 · 20248.0#30 · 20249.5#30 · 20245.1#30 · 202433#30 · 202382%#25 · 2024
British Virgin Islands77.4 yrs#16 · 202480.2 yrs#16 · 202474.7 yrs#15 · 202411.4#19 · 202412.4#23 · 20246.4#25 · 2024——
Curaçao77.0 yrs#17 · 202481.0 yrs#9 · 202472.7 yrs#21 · 2024—————
Sint Maarten76.5 yrs#18 · 202479.7 yrs#18 · 202473.8 yrs#17 · 2024—————
Aruba76.5 yrs#19 · 202478.9 yrs#20 · 202473.8 yrs#18 · 2024—————
Barbados76.3 yrs#20 · 202478.8 yrs#21 · 202473.8 yrs#19 · 20249.1#27 · 20249.8#29 · 20246.6#23 · 202435#28 · 202388%#19 · 2024
Brazil76.0 yrs#21 · 202479.1 yrs#19 · 202473.0 yrs#20 · 202412.3#16 · 202414.2#17 · 20247.1#21 · 202467#12 · 202393%#10 · 2024
Grenada75.4 yrs#22 · 202478.5 yrs#22 · 202472.5 yrs#22 · 202416.4#8 · 202418.0#8 · 202412.3#8 · 202448#20 · 202383%#23 · 2024
Mexico75.3 yrs#23 · 202478.0 yrs#24 · 202472.4 yrs#24 · 202412.1#17 · 202413.1#18 · 20248.2#18 · 202442#23 · 202380%#27 · 2024
Nicaragua75.1 yrs#24 · 202477.6 yrs#25 · 202472.5 yrs#23 · 20249.4#26 · 202411.2#26 · 20245.3#27 · 202460#13 · 202385%#21 · 2023
Bahamas74.7 yrs#25 · 202478.3 yrs#23 · 202471.1 yrs#26 · 202411.1#20 · 202412.4#22 · 20249.0#14 · 202476#8 · 202386%#20 · 2024
Paraguay74.0 yrs#26 · 202477.1 yrs#27 · 202471.0 yrs#27 · 202414.5#12 · 202416.3#11 · 20248.6#16 · 202458#15 · 202390%#16 · 2024
Dominican Republic73.9 yrs#27 · 202477.1 yrs#26 · 202470.7 yrs#28 · 202427.7#3 · 202430.6#3 · 202421.2#3 · 2024124#5 · 202389%#17 · 2024
Suriname73.8 yrs#28 · 202477.0 yrs#28 · 202470.6 yrs#29 · 202414.8#11 · 202415.8#13 · 20249.7#11 · 202484#7 · 202373%#31 · 2024
Belize73.7 yrs#29 · 202476.7 yrs#30 · 202471.1 yrs#25 · 202410.8#23 · 202412.7#21 · 20249.2#13 · 202467#11 · 202384%#22 · 2024
Trinidad and Tobago73.6 yrs#30 · 202476.8 yrs#29 · 202470.5 yrs#30 · 202417.0#7 · 202418.8#7 · 202412.6#7 · 202454#18 · 202396%#7 · 2024
Honduras73.0 yrs#31 · 202475.7 yrs#35 · 202470.5 yrs#31 · 202412.8#15 · 202415.0#16 · 20248.4#17 · 202447#21 · 202379%#28 · 2024
Saint Lucia72.8 yrs#32 · 202476.5 yrs#33 · 202469.5 yrs#33 · 202415.8#10 · 202417.2#10 · 202411.3#9 · 202444#22 · 202383%#24 · 2024
Guatemala72.7 yrs#33 · 202475.0 yrs#36 · 202470.4 yrs#32 · 202417.2#6 · 202420.5#6 · 20249.5#12 · 202494#6 · 202390%#15 · 2024
Venezuela72.7 yrs#34 · 202476.7 yrs#31 · 202468.9 yrs#35 · 202421.2#5 · 202424.2#5 · 202415.0#5 · 2024227#2 · 202371%#32 · 2024
El Salvador72.3 yrs#35 · 202476.5 yrs#32 · 202467.8 yrs#39 · 20248.8#29 · 202410.0#28 · 20244.3#33 · 202439#24 · 202396%#6 · 2024
Saint Kitts and Nevis72.3 yrs#36 · 202476.2 yrs#34 · 202468.7 yrs#37 · 202413.9#14 · 202415.9#12 · 202410.0#10 · 202474#10 · 202395%#8 · 2024
Jamaica71.6 yrs#37 · 202474.1 yrs#39 · 202469.1 yrs#34 · 202416.4#9 · 202417.8#9 · 202413.7#6 · 2024130#4 · 202394%#9 · 2024
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines71.4 yrs#38 · 202474.5 yrs#38 · 202468.8 yrs#36 · 202410.2#25 · 202411.3#25 · 20249.0#15 · 202456#16 · 202399%#3 · 2024
Dominica71.3 yrs#39 · 202474.7 yrs#37 · 202468.4 yrs#38 · 202433.3#2 · 202435.7#2 · 202431.1#1 · 202436#26 · 202380%#26 · 2024
Guyana70.3 yrs#40 · 202474.1 yrs#40 · 202466.6 yrs#40 · 202423.2#4 · 202425.2#4 · 202415.3#4 · 202475#9 · 202399%#2 · 2024
Bolivia68.7 yrs#41 · 202471.3 yrs#41 · 202466.3 yrs#41 · 202414.2#13 · 202415.7#14 · 20247.3#19 · 2024146#3 · 202367%#33 · 2024
Haiti65.1 yrs#42 · 202468.5 yrs#42 · 202461.9 yrs#42 · 202439.0#1 · 202452.8#1 · 202422.6#2 · 2024328#1 · 202377%#29 · 2024
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Life expectancy42 countries
  1. 1Puerto Rico81.9 yrs2024
  2. 2Chile81.4 yrs2024
  3. 3Costa Rica81.0 yrs2024
Lowest
  1. 42Haiti65.1 yrs2024
  2. 41Bolivia68.7 yrs2024
  3. 40Guyana70.3 yrs2024
Median country 75.7 yrs · group 75.8 yrs
Life expectancy, women42 countries
  1. 1Puerto Rico85.4 yrs2024
  2. 2US Virgin Islands84.1 yrs2024
  3. 3Saint Martin (French part)84.0 yrs2024
Lowest
  1. 42Haiti68.5 yrs2024
  2. 41Bolivia71.3 yrs2024
  3. 40Guyana74.1 yrs2024
Median country 78.6 yrs · group 78.7 yrs
Life expectancy, men42 countries
  1. 1Chile79.5 yrs2024
  2. 2Costa Rica78.4 yrs2024
  3. 3Puerto Rico78.3 yrs2024
Lowest
  1. 42Haiti61.9 yrs2024
  2. 41Bolivia66.3 yrs2024
  3. 40Guyana66.6 yrs2024
Median country 72.6 yrs · group 72.9 yrs
Infant mortality35 countries
  1. 1Haiti39.02024
  2. 2Dominica33.32024
  3. 3Dominican Republic27.72024
Lowest
  1. 35Turks and Caicos Islands3.02024
  2. 34Chile5.82024
  3. 33Uruguay6.22024
Median country 12.0 · group 13.3
Under-5 mortality35 countries
  1. 1Haiti52.82024
  2. 2Dominica35.72024
  3. 3Dominican Republic30.62024
Lowest
  1. 35Turks and Caicos Islands4.72024
  2. 34Chile6.82024
  3. 33Uruguay7.42024
Median country 13.1 · group 15.4
Neonatal mortality35 countries
  1. 1Dominica31.12024
  2. 2Haiti22.62024
  3. 3Dominican Republic21.22024
Lowest
  1. 35Turks and Caicos Islands2.42024
  2. 34Uruguay4.02024
  3. 33El Salvador4.32024
Median country 8.2 · group 8.3
Maternal mortality34 countries
  1. 1Haiti3282023
  2. 2Venezuela2272023
  3. 3Bolivia1462023
Lowest
  1. 34Chile102023
  2. 33Puerto Rico112023
  3. 32Uruguay152023
Median country 54 · group 77
Measles vaccination33 countries
  1. 1Cuba99%2024
  2. 2Guyana99%2024
  3. 3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines99%2024
Lowest
  1. 33Bolivia67%2024
  2. 32Venezuela71%2024
  3. 31Suriname73%2024
Median country 89% · group 86%
HIV prevalence29 countries
  1. 1Guyana1.6%2024
  2. 2Haiti1.6%2024
  3. 3Suriname1.6%2024
Lowest
  1. 29Honduras0.2%2024
  2. 28Guatemala0.2%2024
  3. 27Saint Lucia0.4%2024
Median country 0.6% · group 0.6%
Tuberculosis40 countries
  1. 1Haiti1752024
  2. 2Peru1392024
  3. 3El Salvador1162024
Lowest
  1. 40British Virgin Islands02024
  2. 39Puerto Rico12024
  3. 38Saint Lucia12024
Median country 28 · group 51
Health spending33 countries
  1. 1Chile10.5%2024
  2. 2Argentina10.3%2023
  3. 3Brazil9.7%2023
Lowest
  1. 33Guyana2.5%2023
  2. 32Haiti3.2%2023
  3. 31Venezuela3.8%2023
Median country 6.8% · group 7.9%
Out-of-pocket spending33 countries
  1. 1Guatemala57.2%2023
  2. 2Honduras53.1%2023
  3. 3Haiti52.4%2023
Lowest
  1. 33Colombia14.7%2024
  2. 32Cuba16.6%2023
  3. 31Uruguay17.1%2023
Median country 29.3% · group 29.7%
Physicians29 countries
  1. 1Cuba9.542021
  2. 2Argentina5.112023
  3. 3Uruguay4.672022
Lowest
  1. 29Haiti0.292022
  2. 28Jamaica0.462023
  3. 27Honduras0.492020
Median country 2.31 · group 2.57
Hospital beds33 countries
  1. 1Barbados6.42023
  2. 2Haiti4.92023
  3. 3Cuba4.32023
Lowest
  1. 33Guatemala0.52023
  2. 32Honduras0.52023
  3. 31Dominican Republic0.82023
Median country 1.9 · group 2.0
Basic water35 countries
  1. 1Curaçao100.0%2024
  2. 2Puerto Rico100.0%2024
  3. 3Brazil100.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 35Haiti73.3%2024
  2. 34Jamaica87.6%2024
  3. 33El Salvador91.6%2024
Median country 98.0% · group 97.6%
Basic sanitation34 countries
  1. 1Puerto Rico100.0%2024
  2. 2Saint Martin (French part)100.0%2024
  3. 3Chile100.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 34Haiti29.1%2024
  2. 33Guatemala71.2%2024
  3. 32Bolivia71.6%2024
Median country 92.8% · group 90.3%
Tobacco use22 countries
  1. 1Chile26.7%2024
  2. 2Argentina23.5%2024
  3. 3Uruguay19.3%2024
Lowest
  1. 22Panama4.8%2024
  2. 21Paraguay6.4%2024
  3. 20Costa Rica7.9%2024
Median country 11.8% · group 13.6%
Road deaths32 countries
  1. 1Dominican Republic64.62019
  2. 2Venezuela39.02019
  3. 3Saint Lucia29.82019
Lowest
  1. 32Antigua and Barbuda0.02019
  2. 31Saint Vincent and the Grenadines7.42019
  3. 30Bahamas7.72019
Median country 15.2 · group 17.3
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