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Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in Curaçao was 81.50 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 81.50 in 2017 and a minimum value of 78.50 in 2006.

Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

Year	Value
2006	78.50
2007	79.00
2008	79.10
2009	80.10
2011	80.70
2012	80.70
2013	80.90
2014	81.10
2015	81.20
2016	81.10
2017	81.50

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in Curaçao was 78.02 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 78.08 in 2015 and a minimum value of 74.71 in 2006.

Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision, or derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as: (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3)

Year	Value
2006	74.71
2007	75.36
2008	75.31
2009	76.16
2011	77.47
2012	77.52
2013	77.83
2014	77.98
2015	78.08
2016	77.72
2017	78.02

Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in Curaçao was 74.70 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 75.10 in 2015 and a minimum value of 71.10 in 2006.

Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Year	Value
2006	71.10
2007	71.90
2008	71.70
2009	72.40
2011	74.40
2012	74.50
2013	74.90
2014	75.00
2015	75.10
2016	74.50
2017	74.70

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality