Costa Rica - Life Expectancy 1991
76.2
+0.1 from 1990
Costa Rica's life expectancy was 76.2 in 1991, increased +0.1 from 76.1 in 1990. This was the 25th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1991▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 79.7 | 0.4% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 79.3 | 0.5% |
| 3rd | Japan | 79.0 | 0.3% |
| 4th | Liechtenstein | 78.5 | 0.2% |
| 5th | Iceland | 78.0 | -0.1% |
| 6th | San Marino | 77.9 | 0.2% |
| 7th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 77.9 | 0.6% |
| 8th | Sweden | 77.7 | 0.2% |
| 9th | Canada | 77.6 | 0.2% |
| 10th | Switzerland | 77.5 | 0.4% |
| 11th | Australia | 77.3 | 0.4% |
| 12th | Greece | 77.1 | 0.3% |
| 13th | Gibraltar | 77.1 | 0.4% |
| 14th | Italy | 77.0 | 0.1% |
| 15th | Netherlands | 77.0 | 0.2% |
| 16th | Norway | 77.0 | 0.6% |
| 17th | Spain | 77.0 | 0.2% |
| 18th | France | 76.8 | 0.3% |
| 19th | Israel | 76.8 | 0.2% |
| 20th | Channel Islands | 76.5 | 0.3% |
| 21st | Macao SAR, China | 76.5 | 0.1% |
| 22nd | Malta | 76.4 | 0.4% |
| 23rd | Faroe Islands | 76.4 | 0.3% |
| 24th | Cyprus | 76.2 | 0.3% |
| 25th | Costa Rica | 76.2 | 0.2% |
| 26th | Belgium | 76.2 | 0.2% |
| 27th | United Kingdom | 76.1 | 0.3% |
| 28th | New Zealand | 76.0 | 0.9% |
| 29th | Singapore | 75.6 | 0.5% |
| 30th | Austria | 75.6 | 0.1% |
| 31st | Luxembourg | 75.5 | 0.9% |
| 32nd | United States | 75.4 | 0.2% |
| 33rd | Germany | 75.3 | 0.3% |
| 34th | Finland | 75.2 | 0.6% |
| 35th | Denmark | 75.2 | 0.5% |
| 36th | Ireland | 75.0 | 0.2% |
| 37th | St. Martin (French part) | 74.9 | 0.5% |
| 38th | European Union | 74.8 | 0.2% |
| 39th | French Polynesia | 74.3 | 0.5% |
| 40th | Bermuda | 74.2 | 0.3% |
| 41st | Chile | 74.1 | 0.6% |
| 42nd | Portugal | 74.0 | 0.1% |
| 43rd | Kuwait | 73.9 | 0.7% |
| 44th | Puerto Rico (US) | 73.9 | 1.4% |
| 45th | Montenegro | 73.8 | 0.1% |
| 46th | Cuba | 73.8 | -0.1% |
| 47th | Qatar | 73.7 | 0.3% |
| 48th | Barbados | 73.5 | 0.1% |
| 49th | Guam | 73.5 | 0.1% |
| 50th | Antigua and Barbuda | 73.5 | -0.2% |
| 51st | Slovenia | 73.4 | 0.2% |
| 52nd | Uruguay | 73.2 | 0.3% |
| 53rd | Albania | 73.0 | 0.4% |
| 54th | Cayman Islands | 72.9 | 0.2% |
| 55th | British Virgin Islands | 72.8 | 0.5% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 72.7 | 0.1% |
| 57th | Aruba | 72.6 | 0.1% |
| 58th | Curaçao | 72.5 | 0.1% |
| 59th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 72.4 | 0.0% |
| 60th | Croatia | 72.2 | 0.0% |
| 61st | Isle of Man | 72.2 | 0.5% |
| 62nd | Korea | 72.0 | 0.6% |
| 63rd | Argentina | 72.0 | 0.6% |
| 64th | Czechia | 71.9 | 0.7% |
| 65th | Serbia | 71.9 | -0.4% |
| 66th | Brunei Darussalam | 71.9 | 0.3% |
| 67th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 71.8 | 0.4% |
| 68th | Jamaica | 71.8 | 0.1% |
| 69th | North Macedonia | 71.6 | 0.6% |
| 70th | Bulgaria | 71.6 | -0.1% |
| 71st | Panama | 71.3 | 0.1% |
| 72nd | American Samoa | 71.3 | 0.3% |
| 73rd | Malaysia | 71.2 | 0.4% |
| 74th | Bahamas, The | 71.2 | 0.3% |
| 75th | United Arab Emirates | 71.1 | 0.1% |
| 76th | Slovak Republic | 70.9 | -0.1% |
| 77th | Lebanon | 70.9 | 8.2% |
| 78th | Grenada | 70.8 | 0.4% |
| 79th | Virgin Islands (US) | 70.8 | 0.2% |
| 80th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 70.7 | 0.3% |
| 81st | Seychelles | 70.7 | 3.8% |
| 82nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.6 | 0.0% |
| 83rd | Poland | 70.6 | -0.4% |
| 84th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 70.5 | 0.5% |
| 85th | Dominica | 70.4 | -0.1% |
| 86th | Belarus | 70.4 | -0.6% |
| 87th | Lithuania | 70.4 | -1.1% |
| 88th | Northern Mariana Islands | 70.4 | 0.5% |
| 89th | St. Lucia | 70.3 | 0.4% |
| 90th | Jordan | 70.2 | 0.2% |
| 91st | Syrian Arab Republic | 70.1 | 0.4% |
| 92nd | Mauritius | 70.0 | 0.8% |
| 93rd | New Caledonia | 69.8 | 0.4% |
| 94th | Romania | 69.8 | 0.1% |
| 95th | Ukraine | 69.7 | -0.9% |
| 96th | Belize | 69.6 | 0.1% |
| 97th | Libya | 69.6 | 0.5% |
| 98th | Oman | 69.6 | 0.8% |
| 99th | Tunisia | 69.4 | 0.4% |
| 100th | Hungary | 69.4 | 0.1% |
| 101st | Estonia | 69.4 | -0.1% |
| 102nd | Mexico | 69.4 | 0.5% |
| 103rd | Saudi Arabia | 69.3 | 0.7% |
| 104th | Viet Nam | 69.3 | 0.4% |
| 105th | Thailand | 69.1 | 0.3% |
| 106th | Sri Lanka | 69.1 | -0.2% |
| 107th | Ecuador | 69.0 | 0.9% |
| 108th | Latvia | 69.0 | -0.3% |
| 109th | Colombia | 68.8 | 0.1% |
| 110th | China | 68.6 | 0.7% |
| 111th | Kyrgyz Republic | 68.6 | 0.4% |
| 112th | Russian Federation | 68.5 | -0.6% |
| 113th | Türkiye | 68.3 | 0.7% |
| 114th | West Bank and Gaza | 68.2 | 0.6% |
| 115th | Georgia | 68.2 | -0.7% |
| 116th | Dominican Republic | 68.2 | 0.6% |
| 117th | Samoa | 68.0 | 0.3% |
| 118th | Trinidad and Tobago | 67.8 | 0.3% |
| 119th | Tonga | 67.7 | 0.3% |
| 120th | Algeria | 67.7 | 0.1% |
| 121st | Paraguay | 67.7 | 0.5% |
| 122nd | Armenia | 67.6 | 0.1% |
| 123rd | Moldova | 67.6 | -0.5% |
| 124th | Vanuatu | 67.1 | 0.6% |
| 125th | Kosovo | 66.5 | -0.1% |
| 126th | Solomon Islands | 66.4 | 0.2% |
| 127th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 66.2 | 3.4% |
| 128th | Brazil | 66.2 | 0.5% |
| 129th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 66.0 | 0.5% |
| 130th | Honduras | 65.6 | 0.6% |
| 131st | Uzbekistan | 65.5 | -0.4% |
| 132nd | Fiji | 65.5 | 0.6% |
| 133rd | Kazakhstan | 65.4 | -0.5% |
| 134th | Greenland | 65.0 | -0.1% |
| 135th | Philippines | 64.6 | 0.4% |
| 136th | Peru | 64.2 | 0.4% |
| 137th | Cabo Verde | 64.1 | 0.3% |
| 138th | Maldives | 63.9 | 1.2% |
| 139th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 63.9 | 0.2% |
| 140th | Turkmenistan | 63.8 | 0.0% |
| 141st | Indonesia | 63.7 | 0.7% |
| 142nd | Nicaragua | 63.3 | 1.3% |
| 143rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 63.1 | 0.9% |
| 144th | South Africa | 63.0 | 0.1% |
| 145th | Morocco | 62.9 | 0.8% |
| 146th | Palau | 62.8 | 0.1% |
| 147th | Azerbaijan | 62.5 | -0.3% |
| 148th | El Salvador | 62.5 | 0.9% |
| 149th | Guyana | 62.5 | 0.3% |
| 150th | Suriname | 62.2 | 0.1% |
| 151st | Guatemala | 61.9 | 0.3% |
| 152nd | Tuvalu | 61.8 | 0.3% |
| 153rd | Marshall Islands | 61.8 | 0.1% |
| 154th | Tajikistan | 61.7 | 0.1% |
| 155th | Kiribati | 61.5 | 0.8% |
| 156th | Iraq | 61.3 | 6.5% |
| 157th | Gabon | 60.9 | 0.3% |
| 158th | Namibia | 60.8 | -0.9% |
| 159th | São Tomé and Principe | 60.8 | 0.1% |
| 160th | Eswatini | 60.4 | -1.3% |
| 161st | Papua New Guinea | 59.9 | 0.3% |
| 162nd | Pakistan | 59.9 | 0.2% |
| 163rd | Mongolia | 59.8 | 1.7% |
| 164th | Nauru | 59.3 | 0.4% |
| 165th | Lesotho | 59.1 | -0.4% |
| 166th | India | 59.0 | 0.7% |
| 167th | Botswana | 58.9 | -2.0% |
| 168th | Yemen, Republic of | 58.8 | 0.5% |
| 169th | Mauritania | 58.3 | 0.4% |
| 170th | Kenya | 57.8 | -0.9% |
| 171st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 57.4 | 1.1% |
| 172nd | Myanmar | 57.4 | 0.4% |
| 173rd | Senegal | 57.0 | 0.6% |
| 174th | Zimbabwe | 57.0 | -2.2% |
| 175th | Congo, Republic of | 56.8 | -0.5% |
| 176th | Bhutan | 56.5 | 1.1% |
| 177th | Comoros | 56.1 | 0.9% |
| 178th | Ghana | 55.7 | 0.6% |
| 179th | Nepal | 55.7 | 1.6% |
| 180th | Cambodia | 55.6 | 0.7% |
| 181st | Sudan | 55.6 | 0.1% |
| 182nd | Djibouti | 55.2 | -0.5% |
| 183rd | Lao PDR | 54.7 | 1.2% |
| 184th | Togo | 54.3 | -0.6% |
| 185th | Cameroon | 54.2 | -0.3% |
| 186th | Bangladesh | 53.8 | -3.7% |
| 187th | Haiti | 53.5 | 0.6% |
| 188th | Benin | 53.4 | 0.8% |
| 189th | Côte d'Ivoire | 52.6 | -0.3% |
| 190th | Madagascar | 52.6 | 0.8% |
| 191st | Gambia, The | 51.9 | 1.1% |
| 192nd | Tanzania | 51.8 | -0.3% |
| 193rd | Equatorial Guinea | 51.5 | 0.2% |
| 194th | Eritrea | 50.5 | 1.6% |
| 195th | Central African Republic | 49.6 | -0.6% |
| 196th | Burkina Faso | 49.3 | 0.0% |
| 197th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 48.9 | 0.8% |
| 198th | Guinea | 47.8 | 1.1% |
| 199th | Uganda | 47.5 | 0.0% |
| 200th | Zambia | 47.4 | -1.6% |
| 201st | Guinea-Bissau | 47.2 | 0.7% |
| 202nd | Mali | 46.9 | 0.7% |
| 203rd | Chad | 46.6 | 3.4% |
| 204th | Rwanda | 46.2 | -3.2% |
| 205th | Afghanistan | 45.5 | 0.9% |
| 206th | Nigeria | 45.5 | -0.5% |
| 207th | Timor-Leste | 45.1 | -0.2% |
| 208th | Mozambique | 44.7 | 0.8% |
| 209th | Burundi | 44.7 | -1.2% |
| 210th | Angola | 43.8 | 4.7% |
| 211th | Liberia | 43.6 | 15.8% |
| 212th | Malawi | 43.5 | -0.1% |
| 213th | Sierra Leone | 43.3 | -1.0% |
| 214th | Niger | 42.3 | 1.3% |
| 215th | South Sudan | 29.2 | 1.9% |
| 216th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 25.4 | -45.8% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's life expectancy in 1991?▾
Costa Rica's life expectancy in 1991 was 76.2. This ranked 25th globally.
How did Costa Rica's life expectancy change in 1991?▾
Costa Rica's life expectancy increased by 0.2% in 1991 compared to 1990.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1991?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1991 at 79.7.
What is the life expectancy of Costa Rica in 1991?▾
The life expectancy of Costa Rica in 1991 was 76.2. This ranked 25th globally.
How does 1991 compare to 1990 for Costa Rica's life expectancy?▾
Costa Rica's life expectancy went from 76.1 in 1990 to 76.2 in 1991, a 0.2% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Costa Rica matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1991. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 9.8%. View full analysis →
Related
1990
1992
All years
Full ranking 1991
Population
Population Growth
Population Density
Urban Population
Birth Rate
Peak: 2023
Lowest: 1960
Life Expectancy 1990s
Life Expectancy 2000s
Life Expectancy 2010s
Life Expectancy 2020s
Highest ever
Lowest ever
Average
vs Oman
vs Palau
vs Maldives
vs Panama
OECD Life Expectancy
Global Ranking