Iceland vs World: Survival to age 65, female

Iceland
93.9%
in 2024
World
82.5%
in 2024
Iceland rank
22nd
World rank
23rd

Survival to age 65, female over time

  • Iceland
  • World
020406080100196019922024

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 93.9% against 82.5% in World, a difference of 11.4%.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times World's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Iceland has been ahead every year.

Iceland ranks 22nd and World ranks 23rd of 218 countries.

Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iceland World Difference Ahead
1960s 84.3% 57.4% 26.9% Iceland
1970s 85.6% 63.8% 21.8% Iceland
1980s 88.3% 69.7% 18.6% Iceland
1990s 89.3% 73.2% 16.1% Iceland
2000s 91.5% 77.0% 14.6% Iceland
2010s 92.9% 80.5% 12.4% Iceland
2020s 93.1% 81.2% 11.9% Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher survival to age 65, female, Iceland or World?
Iceland, at 93.9% against 82.5% in World as of 2024.
What is the difference in survival to age 65, female between Iceland and World?
11.4%, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and World?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Iceland and World rank globally for survival to age 65, female?
Iceland ranks 22nd and World ranks 23rd of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Iceland vs World: Survival to age 65, female. Statizoid, drawing on World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/survival-to-age-65-female-percent-of-cohort/iceland/world/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/survival-to-age-65-female-percent-of-cohort/iceland/world/">Iceland vs World: Survival to age 65, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
Unit
% of cohort
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,290 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Survival to age 65 refers to the percentage of a cohort of newborn infants that would survive to age 65, if subject to age specific mortality rates of the specified year.