Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Costa Rica

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Costa Rica was 80.8 years. A difference of +1.48 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Costa Rica were 78.13 years and 83.42 years respectively in 2023.

You can see similar information for other countries.

The World Bank defines life expectancy at birth as "the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future".

The chart and table below shows the total, male, and female life expectancies of Costa Rica for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Costa Rica (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Costa Rica (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	63.46	62.17	64.79
1961	63.86	62.62	65.11
1962	64.23	62.9	65.58
1963	64.33	62.89	65.79
1964	64.49	63.05	65.96
1965	64.76	63.32	66.22
1966	65.1	63.62	66.59
1967	65.55	64	67.13
1968	65.78	64.32	67.24
1969	66.36	64.85	67.88
1970	66.79	65.19	68.4
1971	67.41	65.76	69.09
1972	68.01	66.33	69.73
1973	68.73	66.95	70.56
1974	69.45	67.58	71.37
1975	70.25	68.25	72.32
1976	70.95	68.83	73.14
1977	71.52	69.34	73.79
1978	72.03	69.71	74.46
1979	72.54	70.25	74.93
1980	73.03	70.8	75.36
1981	73.44	71.27	75.69
1982	73.86	71.74	76.06
1983	74.25	72.23	76.31
1984	74.58	72.46	76.75
1985	74.77	72.68	76.89
1986	74.95	72.78	77.15
1987	75.22	72.99	77.5
1988	75.55	73.26	77.87
1989	75.85	73.6	78.13
1990	76.09	73.74	78.49
1991	76.24	73.86	78.64
1992	76.39	74.02	78.77
1993	76.32	73.97	78.67
1994	76.33	73.94	78.73
1995	76.44	74.01	78.89
1996	76.43	73.99	78.88
1997	76.6	74.08	79.15
1998	76.87	74.3	79.45
1999	77.06	74.46	79.67
2000	77.32	74.76	79.87
2001	77.61	75.01	80.2
2002	77.94	75.4	80.44
2003	78.21	75.7	80.69
2004	78.51	75.93	81.05
2005	78.88	76.29	81.41
2006	79.05	76.39	81.66
2007	79.1	76.35	81.8
2008	79.18	76.42	81.9
2009	79.37	76.64	82.05
2010	79.35	76.63	82.04
2011	79.62	76.98	82.21
2012	79.93	77.31	82.48
2013	80.19	77.53	82.8
2014	80.23	77.55	82.86
2015	80.41	77.52	83.28
2016	79.99	77.26	82.69
2017	79.99	77.31	82.66
2018	80.09	77.22	82.96
2019	80.3	77.6	82.96
2020	79.72	76.77	82.75
2021	78.05	75	81.21
2022	79.32	76.47	82.2
2023	80.8	78.13	83.42