Life expectancy at birth, total in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Life expectancy at birth, total was 75.1 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Nicaragua, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 75.1 years for life expectancy at birth, total in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Nicaragua peaked at 75.1 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 46.4 years, in 1960.
Nicaragua ranks 104th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50.08 years | 46.4 years | 53.35 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 53.88 years | 47.96 years | 56.13 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 58.09 years | 56.13 years | 61.88 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.37 years | 62.47 years | 65.89 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 69.5 years | 66.36 years | 71.5 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.87 years | 71.76 years | 73.88 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.15 years | 70.48 years | 75.1 years | 5 |
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More health data for Nicaragua
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 67,060 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 64,247 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 66,568 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 6.6% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 64,774 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 67,513 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 67,772 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 65,623 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 65,977 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 65,212 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Nicaragua?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Nicaragua was 75.1 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 75.1 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.4 years in 1960.
- How does Nicaragua rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Nicaragua ranks 104th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Life expectancy at birth, total (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.