List of countries in the Americas by life expectancy

This is a list of American countries by life expectancy at birth.

World Bank Group (2021)

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2021.^[1][2][3] The data is filtered according to the list of countries in the Americas. The values in the World Bank Group tables are rounded. All calculations are based on raw data; so due to the nuances of rounding, in some places illusory inconsistencies of indicators arose, with a size of 0.01 year.

Countries & territories	2021				Historical data									COVID-19 impact
	All	Male	Female	Sex gap	2000	2000 →2014	2014	2014 →2019	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2019 →2021	2014 →2021
Canada	82.60	80.62	84.67	4.05	79.17	2.62	81.78	0.44	82.23	−0.56	81.67	0.93	82.60	0.37	0.81
Saint Martin	80.38	77.25	83.62	6.37	76.66	3.30	79.97	0.02	79.98	0.17	80.15	0.23	80.38	0.40	0.41
Puerto Rico	80.16	75.86	84.52	8.66	75.98	2.95	78.93	0.13	79.06	−1.02	78.04	2.12	80.16	1.10	1.23
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	80.07	76.80	83.50	6.70	76.62	2.25	78.87	0.80	79.67	0.15	79.82	0.25	80.07	0.40	1.20
Bermuda	79.28	75.82	82.71	6.89	78.86	0.66	79.52	1.52	81.03	0.10	81.14	−1.86	79.28	−1.75	−0.24
Chile	78.94	76.47	81.44	4.97	76.87	2.60	79.47	0.85	80.33	−0.95	79.38	−0.43	78.94	−1.38	−0.53
Antigua and Barbuda	78.50	75.78	80.94	5.17	74.61	3.25	77.86	0.83	78.69	0.15	78.84	−0.34	78.50	−0.19	0.64
Barbados	77.57	75.63	79.36	3.73	74.09	2.39	76.48	0.78	77.26	0.14	77.39	0.18	77.57	0.31	1.09
Costa Rica	77.02	74.42	79.81	5.39	77.59	1.19	78.77	0.65	79.43	−0.15	79.28	−2.25	77.02	−2.40	−1.75
North America	76.98	74.24	79.85	5.62	76.89	2.25	79.14	0.01	79.14	−1.68	77.46	−0.49	76.98	−2.16	−2.16
USA	76.33	73.50	79.30	5.80	76.64	2.20	78.84	−0.05	78.79	−1.81	76.98	−0.65	76.33	−2.46	−2.51
Panama	76.22	73.05	79.59	6.54	74.00	3.25	77.25	0.56	77.81	−1.15	76.66	−0.43	76.22	−1.59	−1.03
Uruguay	75.44	71.65	79.26	7.60	75.03	2.34	77.37	0.14	77.51	0.92	78.43	−2.99	75.44	−2.07	−1.93
Argentina	75.39	72.18	78.65	6.47	73.93	2.83	76.75	0.53	77.28	−1.39	75.89	−0.50	75.39	−1.89	−1.36
Grenada	74.94	72.21	77.90	5.69	72.78	2.20	74.98	−0.12	74.86	0.06	74.92	0.01	74.94	0.07	−0.05
Aruba	74.63	71.80	77.31	5.52	73.57	2.03	75.60	0.65	76.25	−0.53	75.72	−1.10	74.63	−1.62	−0.97
Turks and Caicos Islands	74.59	71.81	77.70	5.89	73.58	3.56	77.14	−1.81	75.33	−0.32	75.00	−0.41	74.59	−0.74	−2.55
British Virgin Islands	74.49	71.75	77.46	5.71	73.97	1.65	75.61	0.25	75.86	−0.01	75.85	−1.36	74.49	−1.37	−1.12
Sint Maarten	73.97	71.54	76.70	5.16	74.51	2.26	76.77	−1.34	75.44	−0.85	74.58	−0.61	73.97	−1.47	−2.80
Nicaragua	73.84	70.84	76.80	5.97	67.23	5.58	72.81	1.24	74.05	−2.26	71.80	2.04	73.84	−0.22	1.03
Cuba	73.68	71.25	76.36	5.11	76.18	1.67	77.85	−0.24	77.61	−0.04	77.57	−3.88	73.68	−3.93	−4.17
Ecuador	73.67	70.26	77.46	7.20	72.84	3.78	76.62	0.67	77.30	−5.14	72.15	1.52	73.67	−3.63	−2.95
Trinidad and Tobago	72.97	69.66	76.40	6.74	69.10	5.11	74.22	0.01	74.23	0.18	74.41	−1.44	72.97	−1.26	−1.24
Colombia	72.83	69.40	76.44	7.04	71.32	4.72	76.04	0.71	76.75	−1.98	74.77	−1.94	72.83	−3.92	−3.21
Dominica	72.81	69.72	76.30	6.58	72.69	−3.26	69.43	4.12	73.56	0.09	73.65	−0.84	72.81	−0.75	3.38
Brazil	72.75	69.56	76.01	6.45	69.74	4.57	74.31	1.03	75.34	−1.33	74.01	−1.26	72.75	−2.59	−1.56
Dominican Republic	72.61	69.30	76.29	6.99	69.42	3.44	72.87	0.71	73.58	−0.69	72.89	−0.27	72.61	−0.96	−0.25
Peru	72.38	70.12	74.75	4.62	70.42	4.91	75.33	0.82	76.16	−2.49	73.67	−1.29	72.38	−3.78	−2.96
Latin America & Caribbean	72.15	68.80	75.70	6.90	71.23	3.32	74.55	0.49	75.04	−2.00	73.04	−0.89	72.15	−2.89	−2.40
St. Kitts and Nevis	71.68	68.35	75.34	6.99	69.78	1.18	70.97	0.61	71.57	0.05	71.63	0.06	71.68	0.11	0.72
Bahamas	71.60	68.12	75.10	6.98	72.04	1.33	73.37	−2.16	71.20	1.47	72.68	−1.08	71.60	0.39	−1.77
World	71.33	68.89	73.95	5.06	67.70	4.18	71.88	1.10	72.98	−0.74	72.24	−0.92	71.33	−1.65	−0.55
Greenland	71.15	69.65	72.72	3.07	66.10	5.88	71.99	0.06	72.04	−0.41	71.64	−0.49	71.15	−0.90	−0.84
St. Lucia	71.11	67.84	74.72	6.88	70.77	2.10	72.86	0.58	73.44	−0.03	73.42	−2.30	71.11	−2.33	−1.75
Caribbean small states	71.00	68.27	73.84	5.57	69.61	3.07	72.68	−0.16	72.52	0.06	72.58	−1.58	71.00	−1.53	−1.68
El Salvador	70.75	66.08	75.15	9.07	69.86	1.88	71.75	0.81	72.56	−1.50	71.06	−0.31	70.75	−1.81	−1.00
Venezuela	70.55	66.26	75.21	8.95	72.48	0.38	72.85	−0.69	72.16	−1.07	71.09	−0.54	70.55	−1.61	−2.30
Jamaica	70.50	68.47	72.54	4.07	70.94	2.04	72.98	−1.22	71.77	0.10	71.87	−1.37	70.50	−1.27	−2.48
Belize	70.47	67.12	74.33	7.21	68.56	4.75	73.31	0.62	73.93	−1.08	72.85	−2.38	70.47	−3.46	−2.84
Suriname	70.27	67.21	73.55	6.34	65.51	4.27	69.78	2.46	72.24	0.32	72.56	−2.29	70.27	−1.97	0.49
Paraguay	70.26	67.43	73.39	5.95	69.75	3.13	72.88	0.74	73.62	−0.44	73.18	−2.92	70.26	−3.36	−2.62
Mexico	70.21	66.06	74.86	8.81	73.57	1.23	74.80	−0.59	74.20	−4.07	70.13	0.08	70.21	−3.99	−4.58
Honduras	70.12	67.89	72.53	4.64	68.66	3.60	72.26	0.62	72.88	−1.42	71.46	−1.34	70.12	−2.76	−2.14
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	69.63	67.35	72.40	5.04	71.38	3.10	74.47	−1.64	72.83	−0.71	72.13	−2.50	69.63	−3.21	−4.84
Guatemala	69.24	66.00	72.65	6.65	67.45	4.52	71.96	1.17	73.13	−1.33	71.80	−2.56	69.24	−3.89	−2.73
Guyana	65.67	62.48	69.10	6.62	64.48	3.40	67.88	1.24	69.12	−0.64	68.49	−2.81	65.67	−3.45	−2.21
Bolivia	63.63	60.88	66.80	5.92	62.35	4.82	67.16	0.68	67.84	−3.37	64.47	−0.84	63.63	−4.21	−3.53
Haiti	63.19	60.40	66.12	5.72	58.37	4.62	62.99	1.27	64.25	−0.20	64.05	−0.86	63.19	−1.06	0.20

 

 

 

Change in life expecancy in the Americas from 2019 to 2021^[1]

United Nations (2022)

Estimation of the analytical agency of the UN.^[4][5][6] By default, the list is sorted by 2022.

Countries & territories	2019				2019 →2021	2021				2021 →2022	2022				2019 →2022
	overall	male	female	F Δ M		overall	male	female	F Δ M		overall	male	female	F Δ M
Canada	82.4	80.4	84.4	4.0	0.3	82.7	80.6	84.7	4.1	0.1	82.8	80.9	84.8	3.9	0.4
Chile	80.2	77.8	82.4	4.6	−1.3	78.9	76.5	81.4	4.9	0.6	79.5	77.2	81.9	4.7	−0.7
Antigua and Barbuda	77.0	75.9	78.1	2.2	1.5	78.5	75.8	80.9	5.1	0.7	79.2	76.5	81.6	5.1	2.2
Cuba	78.8	76.8	80.8	4.0	−5.1	73.7	71.2	76.4	5.2	4.5	78.2	75.8	80.6	4.8	−0.6
USA	78.9	76.3	81.4	5.1	−1.7	77.2	74.3	80.2	5.9	1.0	78.2	75.5	81.0	5.5	−0.7
Uruguay	77.9	74.1	81.5	7.4	−2.5	75.4	71.7	79.3	7.6	2.6	78.0	74.1	81.7	7.6	0.1
Ecuador	77.0	74.3	79.8	5.5	−3.3	73.7	70.3	77.5	7.2	4.2	77.9	75.3	80.5	5.2	0.9
Barbados	79.2	77.8	80.5	2.7	−1.6	77.6	75.6	79.4	3.8	0.1	77.7	75.7	79.6	3.9	−1.5
Costa Rica	80.3	77.7	82.9	5.2	−3.3	77.0	74.4	79.8	5.4	0.3	77.3	74.8	80.0	5.2	−3.0
Panama	78.5	75.4	81.8	6.4	−2.3	76.2	73.0	79.6	6.6	0.6	76.8	73.7	80.1	6.4	−1.7
Argentina	76.7	73.2	80.0	6.8	−1.3	75.4	72.2	78.6	6.4	0.7	76.1	72.9	79.3	6.4	−0.6
Grenada	72.4	70.1	75.0	4.9	2.5	74.9	72.2	77.9	5.7	0.4	75.3	72.6	78.3	5.7	2.9
Mexico	75.1	72.2	77.9	5.7	−4.9	70.2	66.1	74.9	8.8	4.6	74.8	71.5	78.2	6.7	−0.3
Trinidad and Tobago	73.5	70.9	76.2	5.3	−0.5	73.0	69.7	76.4	6.7	1.7	74.7	71.3	78.2	6.9	1.2
Nicaragua	74.5	70.9	78.0	7.1	−0.7	73.8	70.8	76.8	6.0	0.8	74.6	71.6	77.6	6.0	0.1
Bahamas	73.9	71.7	76.1	4.4	−2.3	71.6	68.1	75.1	7.0	2.8	74.4	70.8	77.8	7.0	0.5
Dominican Republic	74.1	71.0	77.4	6.4	−1.5	72.6	69.3	76.3	7.0	1.6	74.2	71.0	77.5	6.5	0.1
Colombia	77.3	74.5	80.0	5.5	−4.5	72.8	69.4	76.4	7.0	0.9	73.7	70.3	77.1	6.8	−3.6
Peru	76.7	74.1	79.5	5.4	−4.3	72.4	70.1	74.7	4.6	1.0	73.4	71.3	75.5	4.2	−3.3
Brazil	75.9	72.2	79.6	7.4	−3.1	72.8	69.6	76.0	6.4	0.6	73.4	70.3	76.6	6.3	−2.5
Dominica	78.2	—	—	—	−5.4	72.8	69.7	76.3	6.6	0.2	73.0	69.9	76.5	6.6	−5.2
World	72.8	70.6	75.0	4.4	−1.4	71.4	68.9	74.0	5.1	0.6	72.0	69.6	74.5	4.9	−0.8
Saint Kitts and Nevis	74.8	—	—	—	−3.1	71.7	68.3	75.3	7.0	0.3	72.0	68.7	75.7	7.0	−2.8
El Salvador	73.3	68.5	77.8	9.3	−2.6	70.7	66.1	75.1	9.0	0.8	71.5	66.8	75.8	9.0	−1.8
Saint Lucia	76.2	74.9	77.6	2.7	−5.1	71.1	67.8	74.7	6.9	0.2	71.3	68.0	74.9	6.9	−4.9
Venezuela	72.1	68.3	76.0	7.7	−1.5	70.6	66.3	75.2	8.9	0.5	71.1	66.9	75.7	8.8	−1.0
Belize	74.6	71.7	77.8	6.1	−4.1	70.5	67.1	74.3	7.2	0.5	71.0	67.7	74.7	7.0	−3.6
Honduras	75.3	73.0	77.6	4.6	−5.2	70.1	67.9	72.5	4.6	0.6	70.7	68.5	73.2	4.7	−4.6
Jamaica	74.5	72.9	76.1	3.2	−4.0	70.5	68.5	72.5	4.0	0.1	70.6	68.5	72.7	4.2	−3.9
Paraguay	74.3	72.3	76.4	4.1	−4.0	70.3	67.4	73.4	6.0	0.2	70.5	67.6	73.6	6.0	−3.8
Suriname	71.7	68.5	75.1	6.6	−1.4	70.3	67.2	73.6	6.4	0.0	70.3	67.2	73.6	6.4	−1.4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	72.5	70.3	75.1	4.8	−2.9	69.6	67.4	72.4	5.0	−0.6	69.0	66.7	71.7	5.0	−3.5
Guatemala	74.3	71.4	77.2	5.8	−5.1	69.2	66.0	72.7	6.7	−0.5	68.7	65.7	71.8	6.1	−5.6
Guyana	69.9	66.9	73.1	6.2	−4.2	65.7	62.5	69.1	6.6	0.3	66.0	62.8	69.4	6.6	−3.9
Bolivia	71.5	68.7	74.5	5.8	−7.9	63.6	60.9	66.8	5.9	1.3	64.9	62.3	67.9	5.6	−6.6
Haiti	64.0	61.8	66.2	4.4	−0.8	63.2	60.4	66.1	5.7	0.5	63.7	60.9	66.7	5.8	−0.3

WHO (2019)

Estimation of the World Health Organization for 2019.^[7][8]

Countries	Life expectancy at birth					HALE at birth					Life expectancy at age 60					HALE at age 60
	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000
Canada	82.2	80.4	84.1	3.7	3.1	71.3	70.5	72.0	1.5	1.9	25.2	23.8	26.4	2.6	2.7	19.0	18.2	19.7	1.5	1.7
Costa Rica	80.8	78.3	83.4	5.1	2.8	70.0	68.6	71.3	2.7	2.0	25.0	23.6	26.4	2.8	2.6	18.7	17.8	19.5	1.7	1.8
Chile	80.7	78.1	83.2	5.1	3.9	70.0	69.0	71.1	2.1	3.0	24.3	22.4	25.9	3.5	3.0	18.4	17.3	19.3	2.0	2.0
Peru	79.9	78.5	81.3	2.8	5.5	69.5	69.2	69.8	0.6	4.6	24.4	23.7	25.1	1.4	2.1	18.5	18.3	18.7	0.4	1.5
Colombia	79.3	76.7	81.9	5.2	5.6	69.0	67.4	70.5	3.1	4.9	24.0	22.5	25.3	2.8	2.3	18.1	17.1	18.9	1.8	1.8
Panama	79.3	76.6	82.1	5.5	2.1	68.7	67.4	70.0	2.6	1.5	24.3	22.6	26.0	3.4	1.0	18.1	17.1	19.2	2.1	0.5
United States of America	78.5	76.3	80.7	4.4	1.8	66.1	65.2	67.0	1.8	0.3	23.1	21.8	24.4	2.6	1.7	16.4	15.6	17.1	1.5	0.7
Ecuador	78.4	76.4	80.5	4.1	3.9	68.5	67.7	69.3	1.6	3.3	23.2	22.0	24.3	2.3	1.3	17.6	17.0	18.2	1.2	0.8
Cuba	77.8	75.4	80.3	4.9	1.0	67.8	66.6	69.2	2.6	0.7	21.6	20.0	23.2	3.2	0.0	16.3	15.2	17.4	2.2	−0.2
Americas^[9]	77.2	74.5	79.8	5.3	3.1	66.2	64.8	67.5	2.7	2.1	22.7	21.2	24.0	2.8	1.6	16.6	15.7	17.4	1.7	0.9
Uruguay	77.1	73.5	80.6	7.1	2.3	67.5	65.4	69.5	4.1	1.6	21.7	19.0	24.0	5.0	1.1	16.6	14.9	18.2	3.3	0.6
Argentina	76.6	73.5	79.5	6.0	2.5	67.1	65.4	68.8	3.4	2.0	21.1	18.8	23.1	4.3	0.9	16.3	14.8	17.6	2.8	0.7
Antigua and Barbuda	76.5	74.9	78.0	3.1	1.9	67.0	66.2	67.7	1.5	1.5	20.6	19.8	21.3	1.5	0.3	15.8	15.3	16.3	1.0	0.1
Trinidad and Tobago	76.1	72.5	79.9	7.4	6.4	66.2	64.0	68.6	4.6	4.8	22.7	20.4	25.0	4.6	4.6	17.2	15.6	18.9	3.3	3.2
Barbados	76.0	74.3	77.7	3.4	1.5	67.0	66.2	67.7	1.5	1.0	20.9	19.9	21.8	1.9	0.2	16.3	15.7	16.9	1.2	−0.1
Jamaica	76.0	74.4	77.7	3.3	1.8	66.6	65.9	67.3	1.4	1.2	21.3	20.1	22.6	2.5	0.3	16.4	15.5	17.3	1.8	0.1
Mexico	76.0	73.1	78.9	5.8	1.6	65.8	64.3	67.2	2.9	1.2	21.8	20.5	23.1	2.6	0.2	16.1	15.3	16.8	1.5	0.3
Brazil	75.9	72.4	79.4	7.0	4.4	65.4	63.4	67.4	4.0	3.7	21.9	20.1	23.5	3.4	2.2	16.4	15.2	17.4	2.2	1.6
Paraguay	75.8	73.1	78.8	5.7	1.0	65.8	64.5	67.3	2.8	0.8	21.8	20.2	23.5	3.3	−0.2	16.5	15.4	17.6	2.2	−0.3
Nicaragua	75.0	72.1	77.9	5.8	1.7	65.5	63.7	67.2	3.5	1.8	20.0	18.0	21.9	3.9	−0.1	15.1	13.7	16.3	2.6	0.0
El Salvador	75.0	70.6	79.1	8.5	2.5	64.9	61.6	67.8	6.2	2.2	22.1	20.4	23.6	3.2	0.7	16.4	15.1	17.4	2.3	0.3
Belize	74.4	71.4	77.8	6.4	4.1	65.3	63.5	67.3	3.8	3.0	21.5	20.3	22.9	2.6	2.8	16.7	15.9	17.6	1.7	2.0
Saint Lucia	74.3	71.3	77.7	6.4	1.1	64.7	63.0	66.6	3.6	0.7	20.9	19.2	22.9	3.7	0.9	15.8	14.7	17.1	2.4	0.6
Venezuela	73.9	69.9	78.2	8.3	−0.2	64.4	61.9	67.1	5.2	−0.3	21.7	19.7	23.6	3.9	0.4	16.3	15.0	17.5	2.5	0.3
World	73.3	70.8	75.9	5.1	6.5	63.7	62.5	64.9	2.4	5.4	21.1	19.5	22.7	3.2	2.3	15.8	14.8	16.6	1.8	1.7
Bahamas	73.2	69.9	76.6	6.7	2.3	64.4	62.3	66.5	4.2	1.7	20.8	19.1	22.4	3.3	0.9	16.2	14.9	17.3	2.4	0.6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	73.2	71.3	75.3	4.0	2.6	64.0	62.9	65.1	2.2	1.8	20.9	20.2	21.6	1.4	2.4	15.9	15.4	16.4	1.0	1.6
Grenada	72.9	70.6	75.3	4.7	0.9	63.9	62.6	65.4	2.8	0.3	18.7	17.2	20.3	3.1	0.8	14.3	13.1	15.6	2.5	0.4
Dominican Republic	72.8	69.8	76.2	6.4	−0.4	64.0	62.1	66.1	4.0	−0.1	20.6	19.0	22.4	3.4	−1.8	16.0	14.8	17.2	2.4	−1.3
Bolivia	72.1	71.1	73.1	2.0	6.1	63.3	63.2	63.3	0.1	5.4	18.6	18.0	19.1	1.1	0.8	14.2	14.0	14.4	0.4	0.6
Guatemala	72.0	69.0	75.0	6.0	5.2	62.3	60.5	64.1	3.6	4.5	20.5	19.4	21.4	2.0	1.4	15.0	14.4	15.5	1.1	0.9
Honduras	71.9	70.7	73.2	2.5	1.9	63.0	62.7	63.3	0.6	1.8	18.3	17.5	19.1	1.6	−1.3	13.8	13.4	14.2	0.8	−0.9
Suriname	71.5	68.5	74.6	6.1	1.6	62.4	60.7	64.2	3.5	1.1	18.5	16.4	20.5	4.1	−0.4	14.1	12.6	15.4	2.8	−0.4
Guyana	65.7	62.5	69.4	6.9	2.7	57.2	55.1	59.7	4.6	2.2	16.6	15.1	18.1	3.0	0.7	12.5	11.5	13.6	2.1	0.4
Haiti	64.1	63.3	64.8	1.5	7.1	55.8	55.9	55.8	−0.1	5.8	16.8	16.5	17.0	0.5	1.0	12.8	12.7	12.9	0.2	0.7

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  Life expectancy and HALE in countries of America in 2019^[7]
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  Elaboration by sex^[7]

 

Interactive chart of male and female life expectancy in America as defined by WHO for 2019.^[7] Open the original chart and hover over chart elements. The squares of bubbles are proportional to population according to estimation of the UN for 2019.

Charts

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  Comparison of life expectancy in some countries of North America^[1]
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  Comparison of life expectancy in some countries of South America^[1]

 

 

 

Change in life expectancy in Latin America from 2019 to 2021^[1]

See also

• List of countries by life expectancy
• List of North American countries by life expectancy
• List of South American countries by life expectancy
• List of Caribbean countries by life expectancy
• List of Central American countries by life expectancy
• List of Latin American countries by life expectancy
• List of countries in the Americas by population
• Oldest people
• Longevity
• Life extension

References

1. "Life expectancy at birth, total". The World Bank Group. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
2. "Life expectancy at birth, male". The World Bank Group. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
3. "Life expectancy at birth, female". The World Bank Group. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
4. (PDF). UN Development Programme. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
5. "Human Development Report 2021/2022 (tables 1 and 4)" (PDF). UN Development Programme. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
6. "Human Development Report 2023/2024 (tables 1 and 4)" (PDF). UN Development Programme. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
7. "Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by country". World Health Organization. 4 December 2022.
8. "Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by WHO region". World Health Organization. 7 December 2022.
9. "WHO: PAHO: Countries and Centers". World Health Organization. Retrieved 7 May 2022.