Life expectancy for people of different ages in Panama
Panama: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 79.59 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Panama, 1930–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy for people of different ages in Panama is 79.59 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 76 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Panama peaked at 79.59 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 36 years, in 1930.
Panama ranks 61st of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 76 years of available data.
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Panama, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 36 years | — |
| 1940 | 42 years | +16.7% |
| 1950 | 55.4 years | +31.9% |
| 1951 | 55.88 years | +0.9% |
| 1952 | 56.36 years | +0.9% |
| 1953 | 56.83 years | +0.8% |
| 1954 | 57.23 years | +0.7% |
| 1955 | 57.48 years | +0.4% |
| 1956 | 57.88 years | +0.7% |
| 1957 | 58.28 years | +0.7% |
| 1958 | 58.95 years | +1.1% |
| 1959 | 59.57 years | +1.1% |
| 1960 | 60.28 years | +1.2% |
| 1961 | 60.91 years | +1.1% |
| 1962 | 61.43 years | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 61.81 years | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 62.1 years | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 62.34 years | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 62.63 years | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 62.89 years | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 63.24 years | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 63.66 years | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 64.07 years | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 64.67 years | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 65.18 years | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 65.78 years | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 66.55 years | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 67.24 years | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 67.79 years | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 68.25 years | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 68.69 years | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 69.09 years | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 69.45 years | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 69.79 years | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 69.9 years | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 70.13 years | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 70.4 years | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 70.54 years | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 70.67 years | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 70.81 years | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 70.94 years | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 70.14 years | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 71.27 years | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 71.33 years | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 71.46 years | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 71.8 years | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 71.94 years | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 71.99 years | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 72.2 years | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 72.54 years | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 72.78 years | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 73.12 years | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 73.44 years | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 73.82 years | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 74.19 years | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 74.57 years | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 74.85 years | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 75.16 years | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 75.43 years | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 75.68 years | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 75.94 years | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 76.23 years | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 76.42 years | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 76.66 years | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 76.88 years | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 77.13 years | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 77.36 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 77.58 years | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 77.77 years | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 77.9 years | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 78.27 years | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 78.51 years | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 76.33 years | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 77 years | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 79.32 years | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 79.59 years | +0.3% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 79.59 years is below the median for high income countries, which is 81 years, 98% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Panama's 79.59 years is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 75.34 years, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Life expectancy for people of different ages in Panama changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | +31.9% | 42 years | 55.4 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 36 years | 36 years | 36 years | 1 |
| 1940s | 42 years | 42 years | 42 years | 1 |
| 1950s | 57.39 years | 55.4 years | 59.57 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 62.13 years | 60.28 years | 63.66 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 66.73 years | 64.07 years | 69.09 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 70.28 years | 69.45 years | 70.94 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 72.04 years | 71.27 years | 73.12 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.93 years | 73.44 years | 76.23 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.45 years | 76.42 years | 78.51 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.06 years | 76.33 years | 79.59 years | 4 |
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More health data for Panama
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.94 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.5994 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,074 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 101 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.2522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0378 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.3451 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Panama?
- Life expectancy for people of different ages in Panama was 79.59 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 Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 79.59 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 36 years in 1930.
- How does Panama rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Panama ranks 61st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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.