Life expectancy at birth, total in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Life expectancy at birth, total was 81.9 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Puerto Rico, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, life expectancy at birth, total in Puerto Rico stood at 81.9 years. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Puerto Rico peaked at 81.9 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 68.24 years, in 1964.
Puerto Rico ranks 38th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69.43 years | 68.24 years | 70.7 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 71.62 years | 70.35 years | 72.72 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 73.08 years | 72.48 years | 73.43 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 73.91 years | 72.83 years | 75.28 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.06 years | 75.51 years | 78.38 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.97 years | 78.72 years | 81.44 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.56 years | 79.43 years | 81.9 years | 5 |
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More health data for Puerto Rico
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 13,514 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 971,601 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 62.3% (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 11,174 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 11,739 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 1.05 million (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 11,875 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 12,589 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 12,698 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 13,590 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Puerto Rico?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Puerto Rico was 81.9 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 81.9 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.24 years in 1964.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Puerto Rico ranks 38th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.