Remaining life expectancy at different ages in Panama
Panama: Remaining life expectancy at different ages was 79.59 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Remaining life expectancy at different ages in Panama, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, remaining life expectancy at different ages in Panama stood at 79.59 years. That is the highest value across all 74 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, remaining life expectancy at different ages in Panama peaked at 79.59 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 55.4 years, in 1950.
That places Panama 61st out of 236 regions with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Countries ranked near Panama
More health data for Panama
- 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)
- 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 36,017 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 34,873 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 36,196 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 34,979 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 36,372 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 35,077 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is remaining life expectancy at different ages in Panama?
- Remaining life expectancy at different ages in Panama was 79.59 years in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest remaining life expectancy at different ages recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 79.59 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest remaining life expectancy at different ages recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.4 years in 1950.
- How does Panama rank for remaining life expectancy at different ages?
- Panama ranks 61st out of 236 regions with data for 2023.
- Is remaining life expectancy at 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 Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Remaining life expectancy at different ages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 74 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
The period life expectancy at birth among totals, in a given year.