Costa Rica - Life Expectancy 1981
73.4
+0.4 from 1980
Costa Rica's life expectancy was 73.4 in 1981, increased +0.4 from 73.0 in 1980. This was the 28th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1981▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andorra | 77.4 | 0.3% |
| 2nd | San Marino | 76.6 | 0.3% |
| 3rd | Iceland | 76.5 | -0.4% |
| 4th | Japan | 76.4 | 0.5% |
| 5th | Sweden | 76.0 | 0.4% |
| 6th | Faroe Islands | 75.9 | 0.1% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 75.9 | 0.3% |
| 8th | Norway | 75.9 | 0.3% |
| 9th | Switzerland | 75.7 | 0.3% |
| 10th | Spain | 75.5 | 0.2% |
| 11th | Canada | 75.5 | 0.5% |
| 12th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 75.3 | 0.9% |
| 13th | Monaco | 75.0 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Greece | 74.9 | 0.5% |
| 15th | Liechtenstein | 74.8 | 0.2% |
| 16th | Australia | 74.7 | 0.4% |
| 17th | Italy | 74.4 | 0.6% |
| 18th | France | 74.3 | 0.3% |
| 19th | Israel | 74.3 | 0.5% |
| 20th | Denmark | 74.2 | 0.2% |
| 21st | United Kingdom | 74.0 | 0.5% |
| 22nd | United States | 74.0 | 0.5% |
| 23rd | Gibraltar | 74.0 | 0.3% |
| 24th | Channel Islands | 73.8 | -0.1% |
| 25th | Finland | 73.7 | 0.4% |
| 26th | New Zealand | 73.6 | 1.1% |
| 27th | Belgium | 73.6 | 0.6% |
| 28th | Costa Rica | 73.4 | 0.6% |
| 29th | Antigua and Barbuda | 73.3 | 0.3% |
| 30th | Macao SAR, China | 73.2 | 0.6% |
| 31st | European Union | 73.1 | 0.5% |
| 32nd | Cyprus | 73.1 | 0.3% |
| 33rd | Germany | 73.0 | 0.3% |
| 34th | Cuba | 73.0 | 0.5% |
| 35th | Puerto Rico (US) | 73.0 | -0.2% |
| 36th | Ireland | 73.0 | 0.5% |
| 37th | Bermuda | 72.9 | 0.3% |
| 38th | Austria | 72.8 | 0.5% |
| 39th | Barbados | 72.6 | 0.7% |
| 40th | Singapore | 72.6 | 0.6% |
| 41st | St. Martin (French part) | 72.4 | 0.1% |
| 42nd | Malta | 72.3 | 0.1% |
| 43rd | Luxembourg | 72.0 | -0.4% |
| 44th | Montenegro | 71.9 | -0.2% |
| 45th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 71.9 | 0.1% |
| 46th | Kuwait | 71.8 | 0.6% |
| 47th | Portugal | 71.6 | 0.6% |
| 48th | Bulgaria | 71.6 | 0.6% |
| 49th | Dominica | 71.5 | 0.6% |
| 50th | Aruba | 71.3 | 0.8% |
| 51st | Slovenia | 71.2 | 0.1% |
| 52nd | Guam | 71.2 | 0.7% |
| 53rd | Curaçao | 71.2 | 0.3% |
| 54th | Poland | 71.1 | 1.4% |
| 55th | Serbia | 71.0 | 0.1% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 71.0 | 0.5% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 71.0 | 0.6% |
| 58th | Czechia | 70.7 | 0.6% |
| 59th | Slovak Republic | 70.6 | 0.3% |
| 60th | Lithuania | 70.5 | 0.0% |
| 61st | Croatia | 70.3 | 0.2% |
| 62nd | Qatar | 70.3 | 0.6% |
| 63rd | Seychelles | 70.2 | 0.8% |
| 64th | Albania | 70.1 | 0.3% |
| 65th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 70.1 | 0.6% |
| 66th | Cayman Islands | 70.0 | 0.7% |
| 67th | Belarus | 69.9 | 0.0% |
| 68th | British Virgin Islands | 69.9 | 0.4% |
| 69th | Chile | 69.8 | 0.5% |
| 70th | Ukraine | 69.8 | 0.1% |
| 71st | Panama | 69.8 | 0.5% |
| 72nd | American Samoa | 69.7 | 0.5% |
| 73rd | Romania | 69.4 | 0.4% |
| 74th | Bahamas, The | 69.4 | 0.4% |
| 75th | Brunei Darussalam | 69.3 | 0.5% |
| 76th | North Macedonia | 69.3 | 0.5% |
| 77th | Hungary | 69.1 | 0.1% |
| 78th | Jamaica | 69.1 | 0.2% |
| 79th | Estonia | 69.0 | -0.2% |
| 80th | Virgin Islands (US) | 68.9 | 0.3% |
| 81st | Argentina | 68.9 | 0.4% |
| 82nd | Isle of Man | 68.8 | 0.5% |
| 83rd | Latvia | 68.8 | 0.0% |
| 84th | Georgia | 68.7 | 0.7% |
| 85th | St. Lucia | 68.7 | 1.3% |
| 86th | United Arab Emirates | 68.6 | 0.7% |
| 87th | Northern Mariana Islands | 68.5 | 0.3% |
| 88th | Malaysia | 68.5 | 0.6% |
| 89th | Sri Lanka | 68.4 | 0.5% |
| 90th | Grenada | 68.3 | 0.3% |
| 91st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.3 | 0.5% |
| 92nd | French Polynesia | 68.2 | 1.1% |
| 93rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 67.7 | 0.7% |
| 94th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 67.4 | 0.5% |
| 95th | Mauritius | 67.4 | 1.0% |
| 96th | Russian Federation | 67.3 | 0.3% |
| 97th | Colombia | 67.2 | 0.7% |
| 98th | Belize | 67.1 | 0.3% |
| 99th | Jordan | 66.9 | 0.6% |
| 100th | Korea | 66.5 | 0.8% |
| 101st | Trinidad and Tobago | 66.5 | -0.1% |
| 102nd | Tonga | 66.4 | 0.3% |
| 103rd | New Caledonia | 66.0 | 0.6% |
| 104th | Viet Nam | 65.8 | 0.7% |
| 105th | Moldova | 65.6 | 0.6% |
| 106th | Armenia | 65.5 | 0.5% |
| 107th | Samoa | 65.3 | 0.5% |
| 108th | Libya | 65.3 | 0.7% |
| 109th | Paraguay | 64.8 | 0.4% |
| 110th | China | 64.8 | 0.8% |
| 111th | Mexico | 64.7 | 0.7% |
| 112th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 64.6 | 0.4% |
| 113th | Syrian Arab Republic | 64.6 | -2.9% |
| 114th | Tunisia | 64.4 | 1.1% |
| 115th | Solomon Islands | 64.1 | 0.6% |
| 116th | Ecuador | 63.8 | 0.8% |
| 117th | Dominican Republic | 63.8 | 0.6% |
| 118th | Saudi Arabia | 63.3 | 1.3% |
| 119th | Uzbekistan | 63.2 | 0.4% |
| 120th | Türkiye | 63.2 | 0.7% |
| 121st | Greenland | 63.1 | -0.6% |
| 122nd | Botswana | 63.0 | 0.8% |
| 123rd | Kazakhstan | 63.0 | 0.8% |
| 124th | Thailand | 62.9 | 1.1% |
| 125th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 62.7 | 0.2% |
| 126th | Brazil | 62.3 | 0.7% |
| 127th | Fiji | 62.3 | -0.2% |
| 128th | Palau | 62.1 | 0.4% |
| 129th | Vanuatu | 62.0 | 1.0% |
| 130th | Philippines | 61.9 | 0.1% |
| 131st | Azerbaijan | 61.9 | 0.8% |
| 132nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 61.6 | 0.5% |
| 133rd | Cabo Verde | 61.3 | 0.4% |
| 134th | Marshall Islands | 61.1 | 0.2% |
| 135th | Honduras | 61.0 | 1.1% |
| 136th | Turkmenistan | 61.0 | 1.3% |
| 137th | Guyana | 60.9 | 0.2% |
| 138th | Oman | 60.8 | 2.0% |
| 139th | Suriname | 60.8 | 0.2% |
| 140th | Tuvalu | 60.5 | 0.5% |
| 141st | South Africa | 60.4 | 0.8% |
| 142nd | Kosovo | 60.4 | 0.1% |
| 143rd | Peru | 60.3 | 0.6% |
| 144th | Lebanon | 60.3 | 0.6% |
| 145th | Kenya | 59.6 | 0.7% |
| 146th | Zimbabwe | 59.4 | 0.7% |
| 147th | São Tomé and Principe | 59.4 | 0.1% |
| 148th | Indonesia | 59.1 | 0.7% |
| 149th | Eswatini | 58.8 | 1.0% |
| 150th | Tajikistan | 58.8 | 0.2% |
| 151st | Iraq | 58.7 | -3.7% |
| 152nd | Nauru | 58.6 | 0.1% |
| 153rd | Gabon | 58.3 | 0.8% |
| 154th | Nicaragua | 58.3 | 0.6% |
| 155th | Pakistan | 57.8 | 1.0% |
| 156th | Papua New Guinea | 57.8 | 0.6% |
| 157th | Kiribati | 57.5 | 0.4% |
| 158th | Algeria | 57.4 | 5.3% |
| 159th | Lesotho | 57.3 | 1.4% |
| 160th | Congo, Republic of | 57.1 | 0.5% |
| 161st | Namibia | 56.9 | 0.6% |
| 162nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 56.6 | -3.0% |
| 163rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 56.5 | 1.4% |
| 164th | Morocco | 56.0 | 1.5% |
| 165th | Maldives | 55.7 | 1.7% |
| 166th | Mongolia | 55.4 | 0.3% |
| 167th | Zambia | 55.0 | -0.9% |
| 168th | Guatemala | 54.7 | -1.1% |
| 169th | Myanmar | 54.7 | 0.6% |
| 170th | Sudan | 54.4 | 0.5% |
| 171st | India | 54.2 | 1.1% |
| 172nd | Mauritania | 53.7 | 0.9% |
| 173rd | Togo | 52.8 | 1.2% |
| 174th | Bangladesh | 52.6 | 0.7% |
| 175th | Djibouti | 52.4 | 0.6% |
| 176th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 52.3 | 0.8% |
| 177th | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.8 | 0.7% |
| 178th | Tanzania | 51.7 | 0.8% |
| 179th | Yemen, Republic of | 51.7 | 2.1% |
| 180th | Ghana | 51.3 | 0.5% |
| 181st | Cameroon | 51.2 | 0.7% |
| 182nd | Comoros | 51.2 | 1.0% |
| 183rd | El Salvador | 50.9 | 4.7% |
| 184th | Haiti | 50.3 | 0.7% |
| 185th | Central African Republic | 50.0 | 0.5% |
| 186th | Madagascar | 49.8 | -0.4% |
| 187th | Lao PDR | 49.2 | 1.4% |
| 188th | Rwanda | 49.2 | 2.3% |
| 189th | Equatorial Guinea | 49.1 | 0.7% |
| 190th | Senegal | 49.1 | 1.6% |
| 191st | Bhutan | 49.0 | 1.6% |
| 192nd | Nepal | 48.7 | 0.7% |
| 193rd | Benin | 48.1 | 0.8% |
| 194th | Cambodia | 48.0 | 1.1% |
| 195th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 47.8 | 0.4% |
| 196th | Burkina Faso | 46.9 | 0.9% |
| 197th | Burundi | 46.4 | 1.5% |
| 198th | Nigeria | 46.3 | 0.8% |
| 199th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 45.7 | 0.4% |
| 200th | Eritrea | 45.0 | 0.8% |
| 201st | Malawi | 44.7 | 0.9% |
| 202nd | Gambia, The | 44.5 | -1.1% |
| 203rd | Liberia | 44.3 | 0.6% |
| 204th | Guinea-Bissau | 43.9 | 0.8% |
| 205th | Chad | 43.5 | 0.1% |
| 206th | Uganda | 43.5 | 0.0% |
| 207th | Guinea | 43.3 | 1.1% |
| 208th | Sierra Leone | 43.1 | 0.6% |
| 209th | Angola | 42.6 | 0.7% |
| 210th | Mozambique | 41.6 | -5.3% |
| 211th | Mali | 41.0 | 1.8% |
| 212th | Niger | 39.6 | 0.7% |
| 213th | Afghanistan | 39.4 | 0.4% |
| 214th | South Sudan | 38.3 | 0.7% |
| 215th | Timor-Leste | 31.2 | 3.5% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's life expectancy in 1981?▾
Costa Rica's life expectancy in 1981 was 73.4. This ranked 28th globally.
How did Costa Rica's life expectancy change in 1981?▾
Costa Rica's life expectancy increased by 0.6% in 1981 compared to 1980.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1981?▾
Andorra had the highest life expectancy in 1981 at 77.4.
What is the life expectancy of Costa Rica in 1981?▾
The life expectancy of Costa Rica in 1981 was 73.4. This ranked 28th globally.
How does 1981 compare to 1980 for Costa Rica's life expectancy?▾
Costa Rica's life expectancy went from 73.0 in 1980 to 73.4 in 1981, a 0.6% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Costa Rica matched the Currency Crisis Pattern pattern in 1981. Historically: 128 occurrences, 35 successful (27%). Outcome 24 months later: 32.6%. View full analysis →
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