Life expectancy at birth, women in Costa Rica

Life expectancy at birth for women in Costa Rica was 83.6 years in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Life expectancy at birth, women Unit: Years Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Costa Rica, 2024 83.6 Years
Change from 2023 +0.2% 2023: 83.4 years
World, 2024 76.0 years Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 84.3 years Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 42nd of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth, women in Costa Rica over time

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Years. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Life expectancy at birth, women (years), 2000 to 2024
Period Costa RicaWorld
2024 83.6 years 76.0 years
2023 83.4 years 75.8 years
2022 82.2 years 75.5 years
2021 81.2 years 73.7 years
2020 82.8 years 74.8 years
2019 83.0 years 75.3 years
2018 83.0 years 75.1 years
2017 82.7 years 74.9 years
2016 82.7 years 74.7 years
2015 83.3 years 74.5 years
2014 82.9 years 74.3 years
2013 82.8 years 74.0 years
2012 82.5 years 73.8 years
2011 82.2 years 73.5 years
2010 82.0 years 73.2 years
2009 82.1 years 72.9 years
2008 81.9 years 72.5 years
2007 81.8 years 72.3 years
2006 81.7 years 72.0 years
2005 81.4 years 71.6 years
2004 81.1 years 71.2 years
2003 80.7 years 71.0 years
2002 80.4 years 70.7 years
2001 80.2 years 70.4 years
2000 79.9 years 70.1 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2% from 83.4 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 82.9 years, the figure has changed by +0.9%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Costa Rica has the 42nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 76.0 years.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Costa Rica
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects