Survival to age 65 of cohort in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Survival to age 65 of cohort was 91.04 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
91.04
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
52nd
of 215 countries
All-time high
91.04
in 2024
All-time low
66.83
in 1960
Years of data
65
1960–2024

Survival to age 65 of cohort in Costa Rica, 1960–2024

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Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 91.04 for survival to age 65 of cohort in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, survival to age 65 of cohort in Costa Rica peaked at 91.04 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 66.83, in 1960.

Costa Rica ranks 52nd 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.

Survival to age 65 of cohort in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Survival to age 65 of cohort in Costa Rica, 1960 to 2024.
Year Value Change
1960 66.83
1961 67.21 +0.6%
1962 67.84 +0.9%
1963 68.19 +0.5%
1964 68.77 +0.8%
1965 69.34 +0.8%
1966 70.02 +1.0%
1967 71.05 +1.5%
1968 71.24 +0.3%
1969 72.09 +1.2%
1970 73.04 +1.3%
1971 74.1 +1.5%
1972 75.1 +1.3%
1973 76.57 +2.0%
1974 77.78 +1.6%
1975 79.05 +1.6%
1976 80.24 +1.5%
1977 81.26 +1.3%
1978 82.27 +1.2%
1979 83.06 +1.0%
1980 83.55 +0.6%
1981 84.08 +0.6%
1982 84.53 +0.5%
1983 84.76 +0.3%
1984 85.05 +0.3%
1985 85.43 +0.4%
1986 85.74 +0.4%
1987 86.04 +0.4%
1988 86.27 +0.3%
1989 86.65 +0.4%
1990 86.97 +0.4%
1991 87.14 +0.2%
1992 87.34 +0.2%
1993 87.38 +0.0%
1994 87.5 +0.1%
1995 87.51 +0.0%
1996 87.48 -0.0%
1997 87.9 +0.5%
1998 88.16 +0.3%
1999 88.37 +0.2%
2000 88.61 +0.3%
2001 88.78 +0.2%
2002 88.97 +0.2%
2003 89.15 +0.2%
2004 89.31 +0.2%
2005 89.69 +0.4%
2006 89.85 +0.2%
2007 89.85 +0.0%
2008 89.9 +0.1%
2009 90.06 +0.2%
2010 89.9 -0.2%
2011 90.02 +0.1%
2012 90.21 +0.2%
2013 90.39 +0.2%
2014 90.43 +0.0%
2015 90.61 +0.2%
2016 90.33 -0.3%
2017 90.16 -0.2%
2018 90.42 +0.3%
2019 90.34 -0.1%
2020 89.65 -0.8%
2021 87.7 -2.2%
2022 89.99 +2.6%
2023 90.7 +0.8%
2024 91.04 +0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 69.26 66.83 72.09 10
1970s 78.25 73.04 83.06 10
1980s 85.21 83.55 86.65 10
1990s 87.57 86.97 88.37 10
2000s 89.42 88.61 90.06 10
2010s 90.28 89.9 90.61 10
2020s 89.82 87.7 91.04 5

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 49 Estonia 91.53 compare
  2. 50 Isle of Man 91.52 compare
  3. 51 United States Virgin Islands 91.34 compare
  4. 53 Bahrain 90.85 compare
  5. 54 Curaçao 90.79 compare
  6. 55 Chile 90.77 compare

See the full ranking of 215 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is survival to age 65 of cohort in Costa Rica?
Survival to age 65 of cohort in Costa Rica was 91.04 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest survival to age 65 of cohort recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 91.04 in 2024.
What is the lowest survival to age 65 of cohort recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 66.83 in 1960.
How does Costa Rica rank for survival to age 65 of cohort?
Costa Rica ranks 52nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
Is survival to age 65 of cohort rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Survival to age 65 of cohort. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Survival to age 65 of cohort
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 13,975 data points, 1960–2024
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