Life expectancy for people of different ages in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 74.95 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Nicaragua, 1920–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, life expectancy for people of different ages in Nicaragua stood at 74.95 years. That is the highest value across all 77 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Nicaragua peaked at 74.95 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 24 years, in 1920.
Nicaragua ranks 122nd of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 77 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 24 years | 24 years | 24 years | 1 |
| 1930s | 28 years | 28 years | 28 years | 1 |
| 1940s | 34 years | 34 years | 34 years | 1 |
| 1950s | 43.32 years | 40.63 years | 46.06 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 50.08 years | 46.4 years | 53.35 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 53.88 years | 47.96 years | 56.13 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 58.09 years | 56.13 years | 61.88 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.37 years | 62.47 years | 65.89 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 69.5 years | 66.36 years | 71.5 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.87 years | 71.76 years | 73.88 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.66 years | 70.48 years | 74.95 years | 4 |
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More health data for Nicaragua
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,175 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 215 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 62,167 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 60,774 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 62,307 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 60,887 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 62,130 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 60,671 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Nicaragua?
- Life expectancy for people of different ages in Nicaragua was 74.95 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 74.95 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 24 years in 1920.
- How does Nicaragua rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Nicaragua ranks 122nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.