Virgin Islands (U.S.) — Life expectancy
Life Expectancy at Birth for Virgin Islands (U.S.), 1960–2024.
Life expectancy for Virgin Islands (U.S.) was 80.8 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1960 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 61.4 in 1963 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.40% per year.
Virgin Islands (U.S.) ranks 49 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 23%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 76.0, so Virgin Islands (U.S.) sits above it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 2%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 4 of 42 economies; Cayman Islands (80.5) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 8% in 2000.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 176 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 69th of 215 in 1960 → 67th of 216 in 1970 → 80th of 216 in 1980 → 80th of 217 in 1990 → 39th of 217 in 2000 → 51st of 217 in 2010 → 44th of 217 in 2020 → 49th of 217 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2024
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 80.77 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 80.52 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 80.32 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 80.07 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 79.82 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 79.67 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 79.52 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 79.37 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 79.17 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 79.02 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 78.87 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 78.72 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 78.52 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 78.32 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 77.87 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 77.51 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 77.16 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 76.86 | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 78.32 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 77.42 | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 77.77 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 77.52 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 77.52 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 77.62 | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 76.62 | +7.7% |
| 1999 | 71.11 | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 71.25 | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 70.92 | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 71.58 | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 71.17 | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 71.22 | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 71.08 | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 70.96 | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 70.81 | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 70.68 | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 70.53 | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 70.39 | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 70.17 | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 69.94 | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 69.65 | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 69.5 | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 69.31 | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 69.08 | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 68.87 | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 68.69 | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 68.46 | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 68.26 | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 68.07 | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 67.87 | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 67.68 | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 67.41 | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 67.14 | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 65.57 | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 67.1 | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 66.5 | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 65.85 | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 65.18 | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 64.43 | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 63.68 | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 64.79 | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 64.12 | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 61.43 | -2.0% |
| 1962 | 62.67 | -0.7% |
| 1961 | 63.12 | +0.6% |
| 1960 | 62.74 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Virgin Islands (U.S.)’s Life expectancy in 1961?
63.12 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Virgin Islands (U.S.)’s Life expectancy figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — years — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Virgin Islands (U.S.)’s Life expectancy growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +28.7% in total — about 0.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 80.77; 2023: 80.52; 2022: 80.32; 2021: 80.07; 2020: 79.82. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.DYN.LE00.IN — Life Expectancy at Birth. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.