Costa Rica vs Kuwait: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
Costa Rica
80.8 years
in 2023
Kuwait
80.4 years
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
51st
Kuwait rank
53rd
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Kuwait
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 80.8 years against 80.4 years in Kuwait, a difference of 0.4 years.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 51st and Kuwait ranks 53rd of 236 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 60.07 years | 53.68 years | 6.39 years | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 64.79 years | 63.34 years | 1.46 years | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 69.77 years | 69.5 years | 0.2691 years | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 74.55 years | 73.08 years | 1.47 years | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 76.48 years | 75.16 years | 1.32 years | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 78.52 years | 76.46 years | 2.06 years | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 80.01 years | 78.95 years | 1.06 years | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 79.47 years | 78.77 years | 0.7063 years | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy vs. gdp per capita, Costa Rica or Kuwait?
- Costa Rica, at 80.8 years against 80.4 years in Kuwait as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy vs. gdp per capita between Costa Rica and Kuwait?
- 0.4 years, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Kuwait?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Kuwait rank globally for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 51st and Kuwait ranks 53rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.