Which has higher life expectancy, Mexico or Nicaragua?

Mexico, at 75.07 years against 74.95 years in Nicaragua as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Nicaragua?

77 years are reported by both, from 1920 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mexico vs Nicaragua: Life expectancy

Mexico

75.07 years

in 2023

Nicaragua

74.95 years

in 2023

Mexico rank

121st

Nicaragua rank

122nd

Life expectancy over time

Mexico
Nicaragua

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 75.07 years against 74.95 years in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.12 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 77 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 121st and Nicaragua ranks 122nd of 236 countries.

Across the 11 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 10 and Nicaragua in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mexico	Nicaragua	Difference	Ahead
1920s	34 years	24 years	10 years	Mexico
1930s	34 years	28 years	6 years	Mexico
1940s	39 years	34 years	5 years	Mexico
1950s	48.52 years	43.32 years	5.2 years	Mexico
1960s	56.31 years	50.08 years	6.23 years	Mexico
1970s	61.47 years	53.88 years	7.59 years	Mexico
1980s	66.52 years	58.09 years	8.43 years	Mexico
1990s	70.56 years	64.37 years	6.19 years	Mexico
2000s	73.38 years	69.5 years	3.88 years	Mexico
2010s	74.24 years	72.87 years	1.37 years	Mexico
2020s	72.31 years	72.66 years	0.353 years	Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Mexico or Nicaragua?: Mexico, at 75.07 years against 74.95 years in Nicaragua as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Mexico and Nicaragua?: 0.12 years, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Nicaragua?: 77 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2023.
How do Mexico and Nicaragua rank globally for life expectancy?: Mexico ranks 121st and Nicaragua ranks 122nd 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
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: 06 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.