What is the difference in female life expectancy at birth between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Saudi Arabia?

0.26 years, with Saudi Arabia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Saudi Arabia?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Female life expectancy at birth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Saudi Arabia: Female life expectancy at birth

Bosnia and Herzegovina

80.9 years

in 2023

Saudi Arabia

81.16 years

in 2023

Bosnia and Herzegovina rank

76th

Saudi Arabia rank

74th

Female life expectancy at birth over time

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 81.16 years against 80.9 years in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a difference of 0.26 years.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 76th and Saudi Arabia ranks 74th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bosnia and Herzegovina averaged higher in 7 and Saudi Arabia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	54.42 years	44.79 years	9.63 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1960s	63.82 years	50.5 years	13.32 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1970s	70.23 years	59.12 years	11.11 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1980s	73.92 years	67.43 years	6.49 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1990s	74.22 years	72.5 years	1.72 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000s	79.48 years	76.12 years	3.36 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010s	80.36 years	79.39 years	0.9673 years	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020s	79.67 years	80.31 years	0.6445 years	Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher female life expectancy at birth, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Saudi Arabia?: Saudi Arabia, at 81.16 years against 80.9 years in Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 2023.
What is the difference in female life expectancy at birth between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Saudi Arabia?: 0.26 years, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Saudi Arabia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bosnia and Herzegovina and Saudi Arabia rank globally for female life expectancy at birth?: Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 76th and Saudi Arabia ranks 74th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Female life expectancy at birth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Female life expectancy at birth
Unit: years
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Period life expectancy at birth.