Costa Rica vs Papua New Guinea: Difference in life expectancy between females and males vs … child

Costa Rica
5.29
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
5.35
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
101st
Papua New Guinea rank
99th

Difference in life expectancy between females and males vs … child over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 5.35 against 5.29 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.06.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 101st and Papua New Guinea ranks 99th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1950s 1.84 4.28 2.44 Papua New Guinea
1960s 2.86 4.19 1.34 Papua New Guinea
1970s 3.96 4.45 0.4854 Papua New Guinea
1980s 4.39 4.73 0.3383 Papua New Guinea
1990s 4.9 4.39 0.5101 Costa Rica
2000s 5.22 3.95 1.27 Costa Rica
2010s 5.4 5.12 0.2871 Costa Rica
2020s 5.8 5.52 0.2776 Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher difference in life expectancy between females and males vs child, Costa Rica or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 5.35 against 5.29 in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in difference in life expectancy between females and males vs child between Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
0.06, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea rank globally for difference in life expectancy between females and males vs child?
Costa Rica ranks 101st and Papua New Guinea ranks 99th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Difference in life expectancy between females and males vs child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Difference in life expectancy between females and males vs child mortality
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed