Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Nicaragua

Life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua in 2024 — 75.1 years. Ranked 106 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 61.9%.

2024 75.1 years +0.2% vs 2023
World rank 106of 217
Period maximum 75.1 years2024
Period minimum 46.4 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Nicaragua, 1960–2024405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 46.4 years1962: 48 years1964: 49.6 years1966: 51.6 years1968: 52.9 years1970: 53.8 years1972: 48 years1974: 55.4 years1976: 56.1 years1978: 53.5 years1980: 58 years1982: 58.7 years1984: 56.1 years1986: 57.6 years1988: 59.8 years1990: 62.5 years1992: 63.7 years1994: 64.5 years1996: 65.2 years1998: 64.1 years2000: 66.4 years2002: 68 years2004: 69.5 years2006: 71 years2008: 71.4 years2010: 71.8 years2012: 72.4 years2014: 72.8 years2016: 73.2 years2018: 73.9 years2020: 70.8 years2022: 74.5 years2024: 75.1 years
Change over the period: +28.7 (+61.86%) Average annual rate: 0.76 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nicaragua

Nicaragua 75.1 years
World 73.5 years
Central America computed 75 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 70.1 years
Life expectancy at birth — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 75.1 +0.2 +0.2%
2023 74.9 +0.5 +0.65%
2022 74.5 +4 +5.65%
2021 70.5 −0.3 −0.41%
2020 70.8 −3 −4.06%
2019 73.8 −0.1 −0.16%
2018 73.9 +0.5 +0.67%
2017 73.4 +0.2 +0.29%
2016 73.2 +0.3 +0.39%
2015 72.9 +0.1 +0.15%
2014 72.8 +0.2 +0.33%
2013 72.6 +0.1 +0.16%
2012 72.4 +0.4 +0.56%
2011 72 +0.3 +0.38%
2010 71.8 +0.3 +0.37%
2009 71.5 +0.1 +0.13%
2008 71.4 +0.2 +0.29%
2007 71.2 +0.2 +0.34%
2006 71 +0.6 +0.83%
2005 70.4 +0.9 +1.24%
2004 69.5 +0.8 +1.11%
2003 68.7 +0.8 +1.18%
2002 68 +0.9 +1.38%
2001 67 +0.7 +1.01%
2000 66.4 +0.5 +0.71%
1999 65.9 +1.8 +2.78%
1998 64.1 −1.4 −2.15%
1997 65.5 +0.3 +0.47%
1996 65.2 +0.3 +0.53%
1995 64.9 +0.3 +0.5%
1994 64.5 +0.5 +0.71%
1993 64.1 +0.4 +0.66%
1992 63.7 +0.4 +0.57%
1991 63.3 +0.8 +1.34%
1990 62.5 +0.6 +0.95%
1989 61.9 +2.1 +3.43%
1988 59.8 +2.5 +4.37%
1987 57.3 −0.2 −0.4%
1986 57.6 +1.2 +2.05%
1985 56.4 +0.3 +0.49%
1984 56.1 −0.7 −1.28%
1983 56.9 −1.8 −3.13%
1982 58.7 +0.4 +0.7%
1981 58.3 +0.3 +0.56%
1980 58 +7.1 +14.02%
1979 50.8 −2.7 −5.05%
1978 53.5 −2.6 −4.62%
1977 56.1 +0 +0.01%
1976 56.1 +0.3 +0.62%
1975 55.8 +0.4 +0.67%
1974 55.4 +0.4 +0.69%
1973 55 +7.1 +14.73%
1972 48 −6.3 −11.55%
1971 54.2 +0.4 +0.75%
1970 53.8 +0.5 +0.87%
1969 53.4 +0.5 +0.92%
1968 52.9 +0.5 +0.99%
1967 52.3 +0.8 +1.49%
1966 51.6 +0.9 +1.84%
1965 50.6 +1.1 +2.14%
1964 49.6 +0.8 +1.71%
1963 48.8 +0.8 +1.61%
1962 48 +0.7 +1.46%
1961 47.3 +0.9 +1.92%
1960 46.4

Central America, 2024

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About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates stayed the same as in the year of calculation. It is not a forecast for any individual but a summary measure of the current mortality regime: the indicator falls sharply in years of epidemics and wars and recovers just as fast.

Important: The indicator is highly sensitive to infant mortality: a decline there adds more years than an improvement in the health of the elderly.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.