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Live Longer in Costa Rica

Costa Rica World's Happiest Country

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Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula joins Sardinia, Okinawa, California and Greece as one of the world's five blue zones.

Costa Rica's Blue Zones

Blue zones are regions of the world where people live longer, happier lives. Here, centenarians – people who have reached at least 100 years old – have active lifestyles and report high life satisfaction and happiness levels. Healthy diets, time spent outdoors, and other factors contribute to the equation, creating communities that people love to call home.

Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula joins Sardinia, Italy, Okinawa, Japan, Lima Linda, California, and Icaria, Greece as one of the world's five blue zones. American researcher, Dan Buettner, discovered that people in these areas shared several lifestyle characteristics:

Most scientific research into longevity shows that our life expectancy is a function of genetics (25%) and lifestyle (75%). Buettner's visit to the Nicoya Peninsula came on the heels of research done by Costa Rican demographer, Dr. Luis Rosero-Bixby, who showed that Costa Ricans who reach age 60 have the longest life expectancy in the world. So what makes residents of the Nicoya Peninsula live so long?