What is life expectancy at age 15 in Nicaragua?

Life expectancy at age 15 in Nicaragua was 86.17 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Nicaragua?

The highest recorded value was 86.17 years in 2100.

What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Nicaragua?

The lowest recorded value was 58.01 years in 1951.

How does Nicaragua rank for life expectancy at age 15?

Nicaragua ranks 128th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.

Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Nicaragua?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Nicaragua data come from?

The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy at age 15 in Nicaragua

Name: Life expectancy at age 15 in Nicaragua
Creator: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Nicaragua: Life expectancy at age 15 was 86.17 years in 2100. ▲ Rising

Latest (2100)

86.17 years

Change on year

up 0.1%

World rank

128th

of 236 countries

All-time high

86.17 years

in 2100

All-time low

58.01 years

in 1951

Years of data

151

1950–2100

Life expectancy at age 15 in Nicaragua, 1950–2100

Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Nicaragua recorded 86.17 years for life expectancy at age 15 in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Nicaragua peaked at 86.17 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 58.01 years, in 1951.

That places Nicaragua 128th out of 236 countries with data for 2100, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	59.46 years	58.01 years	60.92 years	10
1960s	63.4 years	61.12 years	65.38 years	10
1970s	64.76 years	60.04 years	66.59 years	10
1980s	65.97 years	63.91 years	68.32 years	10
1990s	69.24 years	68.54 years	69.62 years	10
2000s	72.16 years	69.87 years	73.55 years	10
2010s	74.55 years	73.74 years	75.36 years	10
2020s	75.53 years	71.75 years	76.91 years	10
2030s	77.65 years	77.04 years	78.25 years	10
2040s	79.03 years	78.4 years	79.67 years	10
2050s	80.43 years	79.81 years	81.05 years	10
2060s	81.81 years	81.2 years	82.43 years	10
2070s	83.14 years	82.56 years	83.7 years	10
2080s	84.36 years	83.82 years	84.9 years	10
2090s	85.54 years	85.02 years	86.06 years	10
2100s	86.17 years	86.17 years	86.17 years	1

Countries ranked near Nicaragua

125 Tokelau 86.62 years compare
126 Morocco 86.58 years compare
127 Grenada 86.28 years compare
129 Belarus 85.94 years compare
130 Azerbaijan 85.92 years compare
131 Mongolia 85.8 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Nicaragua

Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 67,513 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, male 166,059 (2025)
Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 64,774 (2025)
Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 67,060 (2025)
Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 65,212 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 67,772 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 67,883 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 65,851 (2025)
Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 66,568 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 65,623 (2025)

All data for Nicaragua →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at age 15 in Nicaragua?: Life expectancy at age 15 in Nicaragua was 86.17 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Nicaragua?: The highest recorded value was 86.17 years in 2100.
What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Nicaragua?: The lowest recorded value was 58.01 years in 1951.
How does Nicaragua rank for life expectancy at age 15?: Nicaragua ranks 128th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Nicaragua?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Nicaragua data come from?: The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy at age 15
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.