Costa Rica · Annual SERIES
Life expectancy in Costa Rica
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
81.00years at birth
2024Observation year
+0.24% from 2023
years at birth · World Bank · Missing observations remain gaps.
Underlying data
Download CSV| Year | Value | Status & source note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Not available | missing |
| 2024 | 80.996 | present |
| 2023 | 80.799 | present |
| 2022 | 79.316 | present |
| 2021 | 78.05 | present |
| 2020 | 79.725 | present |
| 2019 | 80.296 | present |
| 2018 | 80.09 | present |
| 2017 | 79.994 | present |
| 2016 | 79.988 | present |
| 2015 | 80.407 | present |
| 2014 | 80.231 | present |
| 2013 | 80.189 | present |
| 2012 | 79.925 | present |
| 2011 | 79.624 | present |
| 2010 | 79.354 | present |
| 2009 | 79.372 | present |
| 2008 | 79.18 | present |
| 2007 | 79.098 | present |
| 2006 | 79.049 | present |
| 2005 | 78.877 | present |
| 2004 | 78.512 | present |
| 2003 | 78.214 | present |
| 2002 | 77.939 | present |
| 2001 | 77.609 | present |
| 2000 | 77.317 | present |
Definition & method
WDI publishes period life expectancy from UN population data and national demographic sources, derived from life tables and age-specific mortality rates.
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
What to keep in mind
- This summarizes mortality conditions in a year; it does not predict how long a particular baby will live.
- It is a period life-table measure, rather than a measure of a completed birth cohort.
- Some underlying demographic estimates are interpolated and may not capture each annual event precisely.
- Missing years remain missing; the site does not extrapolate future life expectancy.