Costa Rica vs Pre-demographic dividend: Life expectancy at birth, male

Costa Rica
78.37 years
in 2024
Pre-demographic dividend
60.51 years
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
48th
Pre-demographic dividend rank
46th

Life expectancy at birth, male over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Pre-demographic dividend
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 78.37 years against 60.51 years in Pre-demographic dividend, a difference of 17.86 years.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Pre-demographic dividend's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 48th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 46th of 218 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Pre-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1960s 63.37 years 39.85 years 23.52 years Costa Rica
1970s 67.82 years 44.07 years 23.74 years Costa Rica
1980s 72.38 years 46.18 years 26.2 years Costa Rica
1990s 74.04 years 48.21 years 25.83 years Costa Rica
2000s 75.89 years 52.78 years 23.11 years Costa Rica
2010s 77.29 years 57.21 years 20.08 years Costa Rica
2020s 76.95 years 59.49 years 17.46 years Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy at birth, male, Costa Rica or Pre-demographic dividend?
Costa Rica, at 78.37 years against 60.51 years in Pre-demographic dividend as of 2024.
What is the difference in life expectancy at birth, male between Costa Rica and Pre-demographic dividend?
17.86 years, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Pre-demographic dividend?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Pre-demographic dividend rank globally for life expectancy at birth, male?
Costa Rica ranks 48th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 46th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Life expectancy at birth, male (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,256 data points, 1960–2024
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Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.