# Life expectancy at birth in Costa Rica

Life expectancy at birth in Costa Rica was 81 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `cr`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.
- Note: United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.
- Source: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy/costa-rica
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/costa-rica.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=cr

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 81 |
| 2023 | 80.8 |
| 2022 | 79.32 |
| 2021 | 78.05 |
| 2020 | 79.73 |
| 2019 | 80.3 |
| 2018 | 80.09 |
| 2017 | 79.99 |
| 2016 | 79.99 |
| 2015 | 80.41 |
| 2014 | 80.23 |
| 2013 | 80.19 |
| 2012 | 79.93 |
| 2011 | 79.62 |
| 2010 | 79.35 |
| 2009 | 79.37 |
| 2008 | 79.18 |
| 2007 | 79.1 |
| 2006 | 79.05 |
| 2005 | 78.88 |
| 2004 | 78.51 |
| 2003 | 78.21 |
| 2002 | 77.94 |
| 2001 | 77.61 |
| 2000 | 77.32 |
| 1999 | 77.06 |
| 1998 | 76.87 |
| 1997 | 76.6 |
| 1996 | 76.43 |
| 1995 | 76.44 |
| 1994 | 76.33 |
| 1993 | 76.32 |
| 1992 | 76.39 |
| 1991 | 76.24 |
| 1990 | 76.09 |
| 1989 | 75.85 |
| 1988 | 75.55 |
| 1987 | 75.22 |
| 1986 | 74.95 |
| 1985 | 74.77 |
| 1984 | 74.58 |
| 1983 | 74.25 |
| 1982 | 73.87 |
| 1981 | 73.44 |
| 1980 | 73.03 |
| 1979 | 72.54 |
| 1978 | 72.03 |
| 1977 | 71.52 |
| 1976 | 70.95 |
| 1975 | 70.25 |
| 1974 | 69.45 |
| 1973 | 68.73 |
| 1972 | 68.01 |
| 1971 | 67.41 |
| 1970 | 66.79 |
| 1969 | 66.36 |
| 1968 | 65.78 |
| 1967 | 65.55 |
| 1966 | 65.1 |
| 1965 | 64.76 |
| 1964 | 64.49 |
| 1963 | 64.33 |
| 1962 | 64.23 |
| 1961 | 63.86 |
| 1960 | 63.46 |