How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Costa Rica?

79 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chile vs Costa Rica: Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index

Chile

81.17 years

in 2023

Costa Rica

80.8 years

in 2023

Chile rank

48th

Costa Rica rank

51st

Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index over time

Chile
Costa Rica

How they compare

Chile currently reports 81.17 years against 80.8 years in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.37 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 79 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Chile ranks 48th and Costa Rica ranks 51st of 236 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 1 and Costa Rica in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chile	Costa Rica	Difference	Ahead
1900s	29 years	32 years	3 years	Costa Rica
1910s	30 years	33 years	3 years	Costa Rica
1920s	31 years	37 years	6 years	Costa Rica
1930s	35 years	42 years	7 years	Costa Rica
1940s	38 years	49 years	11 years	Costa Rica
1950s	54.88 years	60.07 years	5.2 years	Costa Rica
1960s	59.44 years	64.79 years	5.35 years	Costa Rica
1970s	65.62 years	69.77 years	4.15 years	Costa Rica
1980s	71.38 years	74.55 years	3.17 years	Costa Rica
1990s	75.15 years	76.48 years	1.32 years	Costa Rica
2000s	78.2 years	78.52 years	0.3174 years	Costa Rica
2010s	79.86 years	80.01 years	0.1486 years	Costa Rica
2020s	79.64 years	79.47 years	0.1692 years	Chile

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index, Chile or Costa Rica?: Chile, at 81.17 years against 80.8 years in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index between Chile and Costa Rica?: 0.37 years, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Costa Rica?: 79 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2023.
How do Chile and Costa Rica rank globally for life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index?: Chile ranks 48th and Costa Rica ranks 51st of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.