World Development Indicators

Life expectancy at birth, total (years): Costa Rica

Most recent: 81 (2024)
Earliest: 63.46 (1960)
Highest: 81 (2024)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Costa Rica at the United Nations

Life expectancy at birth, total (years), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Life expectancy at birth
2024	81
2023	80.8
2022	79.32
2021	78.05
2020	79.72
2019	80.3
2018	80.09
2017	79.99
2016	79.99
2015	80.41
2014	80.23
2013	80.19
2012	79.92
2011	79.62
2010	79.35
2009	79.37
2008	79.18
2007	79.1
2006	79.05
2005	78.88
2004	78.51
2003	78.21
2002	77.94
2001	77.61
2000	77.32
1999	77.06
1998	76.87
1997	76.6
1996	76.43
1995	76.44
1994	76.33
1993	76.31
1992	76.39
1991	76.24
1990	76.09
1989	75.85
1988	75.55
1987	75.22
1986	74.95
1985	74.77
1984	74.58
1983	74.25
1982	73.86
1981	73.44
1980	73.03
1979	72.54
1978	72.03
1977	71.52
1976	70.95
1975	70.25
1974	69.45
1973	68.73
1972	68.01
1971	67.41
1970	66.79
1969	66.36
1968	65.78
1967	65.55
1966	65.1
1965	64.76
1964	64.49
1963	64.33
1962	64.23
1961	63.86
1960	63.46

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