Barbados's life expectancy rose from 73.9 yrs in 1995 to 76.3 yrs in 2024.
Barbados · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 20 with data
Barbados's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 65.3 yrs in 2000 to 66.7 yrs in 2021.
Barbados's infant mortality fell from 13.4 ‰ in 1995 to 9.1 ‰ in 2024.
Barbados's under-5 mortality rate fell from 14.9 ‰ in 1995 to 9.8 ‰ in 2024.
Barbados's maternal mortality ratio fell from 53.0 /100k in 1994 to 35.0 /100k in 2023.
Barbados's ncd mortality fell from 19.3 % in 2000 to 14.0 % in 2021.
Barbados's suicide mortality rate fell from 5.2 /100k in 2000 to 3.5 /100k in 2021.
Barbados's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 14.6 /100k in 2000 to 8.2 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.5 pts120th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −1.2 %55th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +2.7 pts160th of 192
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- Physiciansup +3.0 %51st of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −12.2 %43rd of 79
- Hospital bedsup +2.1 %6th of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −1.0 pts112th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +9.0 pts66th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)down −0.1 pts109th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisup +40.8 %8th of 208
›No data available (3)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Barbados.
- SmokingNo data
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data