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Nicaragua – Life Expectancy 2008

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current mortality rates continue throughout their lifetime. · World Bank
71.4 +0.2 from 2007 Global rank: 119th

Nicaragua's life expectancy was 71.4 in 2008, increased +0.2 from 71.2 in 2007. This was the 119th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 2008▾
Life Expectancy by Country – 2008
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Andorra 83.9 0.3%
2nd Monaco 83.8 -0.1%
3rd San Marino 82.9 0.3%
4th Liechtenstein 82.7 1.7%
5th Japan 82.6 0.1%
6th Hong Kong SAR, China 82.3 0.0%
7th Macao SAR, China 82.0 0.4%
8th Switzerland 82.0 0.3%
9th Iceland 81.6 0.2%
10th United Arab Emirates 81.6 0.2%
11th Gibraltar 81.5 0.3%
12th Italy 81.5 0.1%
13th Australia 81.4 0.1%
14th France 81.2 0.1%
15th Spain 81.2 0.4%
16th Sweden 81.1 0.2%
17th Israel 81.0 0.6%
18th Channel Islands 80.8 0.2%
19th Singapore 80.8 0.4%
20th Canada 80.7 0.2%
21st Norway 80.6 0.2%
22nd French Polynesia 80.6 0.3%
23rd Luxembourg 80.5 1.5%
24th Austria 80.4 0.3%
25th New Zealand 80.4 0.2%
26th Netherlands 80.3 0.2%
27th Faroe Islands 80.1 0.3%
28th Ireland 80.1 0.6%
29th Greece 79.9 0.6%
30th Cyprus 79.9 0.1%
31st Germany 79.7 0.3%
32nd Belgium 79.7 -0.1%
33rd Malta 79.6 -0.2%
34th United Kingdom 79.6 0.2%
35th Finland 79.6 0.4%
36th Korea 79.5 0.5%
37th Costa Rica 79.2 0.1%
38th European Union 79.1 0.3%
39th Bermuda 79.1 0.1%
40th Isle of Man 78.9 0.6%
41st Slovenia 78.8 0.3%
42nd Chile 78.8 0.1%
43rd Portugal 78.5 0.3%
44th Denmark 78.4 0.3%
45th St. Martin (French part) 78.3 0.2%
46th Qatar 78.3 0.7%
47th Albania 78.2 0.7%
48th Puerto Rico (US) 78.1 0.6%
49th United States 78.0 0.1%
50th Northern Mariana Islands 77.9 0.1%
51st Cuba 77.6 0.1%
52nd Bahrain 77.5 0.7%
53rd Kuwait 77.2 0.2%
54th Virgin Islands (US) 77.2 0.4%
55th Czechia 77.0 0.3%
56th Lebanon 77.0 0.3%
57th Bosnia and Herzegovina 76.3 0.2%
58th Uruguay 76.3 0.2%
59th Guam 76.2 -0.2%
60th Oman 76.1 0.7%
61st Turks and Caicos Islands 76.1 -0.4%
62nd Antigua and Barbuda 76.1 0.5%
63rd British Virgin Islands 76.1 0.2%
64th Maldives 76.0 0.4%
65th Panama 75.9 0.3%
66th Croatia 75.9 0.3%
67th Poland 75.5 0.4%
68th Argentina 75.4 0.9%
69th New Caledonia 75.4 0.3%
70th Cayman Islands 75.4 0.3%
71st Saudi Arabia 75.3 0.3%
72nd Barbados 75.3 0.0%
73rd Malaysia 75.2 0.3%
74th Montenegro 75.1 1.1%
75th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 74.9 0.1%
76th China 74.8 0.1%
77th Brunei Darussalam 74.8 0.0%
78th Kosovo 74.7 0.4%
79th Ecuador 74.7 0.7%
80th Slovak Republic 74.7 0.7%
81st North Macedonia 74.4 0.8%
82nd Türkiye 74.4 0.3%
83rd Grenada 74.4 0.3%
84th Curaçao 74.3 0.2%
85th Thailand 74.2 0.6%
86th Colombia 74.2 0.6%
87th Tunisia 74.2 0.2%
88th Serbia 73.9 0.3%
89th Aruba 73.8 0.2%
90th Estonia 73.8 1.3%
91st Hungary 73.7 0.8%
92nd Mexico 73.7 -0.1%
93rd Iran, Islamic Republic of 73.7 0.5%
94th Algeria 73.6 0.4%
95th Jordan 73.6 0.2%
96th Viet Nam 73.5 0.1%
97th Bahamas, The 73.4 0.0%
98th Syrian Arab Republic 73.4 0.2%
99th Seychelles 73.2 0.0%
100th Brazil 73.1 0.5%
101st Armenia 73.1 0.3%
102nd Bulgaria 73.0 0.4%
103rd St. Lucia 73.0 0.1%
104th Peru 72.7 0.0%
105th Mauritius 72.6 0.0%
106th Romania 72.6 0.0%
107th Sri Lanka 72.6 -0.6%
108th American Samoa 72.4 0.1%
109th Latvia 72.4 2.0%
110th West Bank and Gaza 72.2 0.2%
111th Paraguay 72.0 0.3%
112th Dominica 71.9 0.1%
113th Libya 71.9 0.2%
114th Cabo Verde 71.9 0.6%
115th Lithuania 71.8 1.3%
116th Samoa 71.5 -0.1%
117th Jamaica 71.5 0.1%
118th St. Kitts and Nevis 71.5 0.1%
119th Nicaragua 71.4 0.3%
120th Dominican Republic 71.3 0.3%
121st Trinidad and Tobago 71.1 0.5%
122nd Tonga 71.0 0.2%
123rd Georgia 70.9 -0.1%
124th Belize 70.7 0.0%
125th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 70.6 0.2%
126th Belarus 70.5 0.4%
127th El Salvador 70.1 0.5%
128th Morocco 70.1 0.6%
129th Honduras 69.7 0.2%
130th Guatemala 69.5 0.3%
131st Greenland 69.4 0.5%
132nd Azerbaijan 69.4 1.0%
133rd Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 69.3 0.4%
134th Vanuatu 69.3 0.2%
135th Uzbekistan 69.0 0.8%
136th Moldova 69.0 0.5%
137th Suriname 68.9 0.8%
138th Egypt, Arab Republic of 68.8 0.2%
139th Philippines 68.6 0.1%
140th Kyrgyz Republic 68.5 0.8%
141st Solomon Islands 68.3 0.7%
142nd Ukraine 68.3 0.8%
143rd Indonesia 68.1 0.3%
144th Russian Federation 67.9 0.5%
145th Tajikistan 67.9 0.8%
146th Bhutan 67.7 0.9%
147th Turkmenistan 67.6 0.8%
148th Palau 67.6 0.7%
149th Mongolia 67.2 1.0%
150th Bangladesh 67.0 0.9%
151st Kazakhstan 66.8 0.9%
152nd Yemen, Republic of 66.6 0.6%
153rd Iraq 66.5 3.2%
154th Nepal 66.4 0.4%
155th Fiji 66.3 0.2%
156th India 66.2 0.7%
157th Cambodia 66.1 0.9%
158th Kiribati 65.7 0.1%
159th Guyana 65.7 0.4%
160th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 65.3 0.6%
161st Mauritania 65.2 0.5%
162nd Micronesia, Federated States of 64.8 0.0%
163rd Tuvalu 64.5 0.2%
164th Marshall Islands 64.3 0.1%
165th Gabon 64.0 0.6%
166th Pakistan 64.0 0.3%
167th São Tomé and Principe 63.4 0.2%
168th Senegal 63.2 0.9%
169th Timor-Leste 62.9 0.7%
170th Papua New Guinea 62.5 0.5%
171st Eritrea 62.4 0.7%
172nd Lao PDR 62.2 0.9%
173rd Madagascar 62.0 0.7%
174th Comoros 62.0 0.8%
175th Haiti 61.3 0.3%
176th Sudan 61.3 -0.3%
177th Congo, Republic of 60.8 1.2%
178th Rwanda 60.6 1.9%
179th Ghana 60.6 0.5%
180th Gambia, The 60.5 0.8%
181st Kenya 60.0 0.9%
182nd Tanzania 59.9 1.1%
183rd Djibouti 59.8 0.8%
184th Afghanistan 59.7 1.3%
185th Nauru 59.7 0.3%
186th Liberia 58.7 0.9%
187th Uganda 58.3 1.8%
188th Benin 58.1 -0.3%
189th Botswana 57.7 1.6%
190th Equatorial Guinea 57.4 0.9%
191st Togo 56.7 0.5%
192nd Myanmar 56.4 -9.6%
193rd South Sudan 56.3 1.5%
194th Cameroon 56.1 0.7%
195th South Africa 56.0 1.9%
196th Niger 55.9 1.4%
197th Malawi 55.7 1.9%
198th Guinea 55.7 0.9%
199th Burundi 55.6 1.4%
200th Congo, Democratic Republic of 55.4 0.8%
201st Guinea-Bissau 55.3 0.8%
202nd Angola 55.3 2.0%
203rd Burkina Faso 55.2 1.5%
204th Mali 55.2 0.8%
205th Zambia 54.8 2.1%
206th Namibia 54.7 1.3%
207th Côte d'Ivoire 54.2 1.4%
208th Mozambique 53.8 1.0%
209th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 51.5 1.1%
210th Nigeria 50.7 0.7%
211th Sierra Leone 50.7 1.3%
212th Central African Republic 49.9 1.1%
213th Chad 49.5 0.6%
214th Zimbabwe 48.5 1.8%
215th Eswatini 45.9 1.5%
216th Lesotho 44.3 1.5%
Source: World Bank (SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Nicaragua matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2008. Historically: 329 occurrences, 239 successful (73%). Outcome 24 months later: 5.5%. View full analysis →

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