Ageing in the Caribbean

10 Jun 2015, 00:00 - 12 Oct 2025, 23:36 | Infographic

Work area(s)

Social development

Topic(s)

Ageing

Teaser

Over the next twenty years, the Caribbean* will see a rapid and dramatic ageing of its population. With such a rapid increase in the number of older persons on the horizon, there is an urgent need for governments to strengthen social protection against a wide range of risks that older people face.

* -Here the Caribbean refers to Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominica; Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Sant Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands.

Subregional headquarter(s) and office(s)

Subregional Headquarters, Port of Spain

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Country(ies)

  • Caribbean

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