Life expectancy at birth, female (years) by country
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.
Countries reporting
213
Highest
88.63 years
Monaco
Lowest
54.94 years
Nigeria
Median
78.33 years
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
17,126
What the numbers show
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 88.63 years in Monaco; the lowest is 54.94 years in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 78.33 years, and the mean is 76.73 years.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 198 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 24.5%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 3.1%).
Life expectancy at birth, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 88.63 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 88.22 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 3 | San Marino | 87.22 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 4 | Japan | 87.13 years | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 4 | Channel Islands | 83.3 years | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 5 | French Polynesia | 86.62 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 6 | South Korea | 86.6 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 7 | Spain | 86.5 years | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 86.3 years | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 9 | Andorra | 86.24 years | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 10 | Switzerland | 86.2 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 10 | Macao | 86.2 years | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 12 | Gibraltar | 86.19 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 13 | Italy | 86 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 14 | France | 85.9 years | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 15 | Bermuda | 85.87 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 16 | Singapore | 85.6 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 16 | Sweden | 85.6 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 85.5 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 19 | Israel | 85.4 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 19 | Kuwait | 85.4 years | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 21 | Puerto Rico | 85.38 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 22 | Portugal | 85.2 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 23 | Australia | 85.1 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 24 | Finland | 85 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 24 | Slovenia | 85 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 26 | Faroe Islands | 84.91 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 27 | Malta | 84.8 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 27 | Norway | 84.8 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 29 | Ireland | 84.7 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 30 | Iceland | 84.5 years | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 31 | Belgium | 84.4 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 31 | Greece | 84.4 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 84.32 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 34 | Austria | 84.3 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 35 | Canada | 84.29 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 36 | Denmark | 84.2 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 37 | United States Virgin Islands | 84.1 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 38 | Saint Martin (French part) | 83.96 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 39 | Cyprus | 83.8 years | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 40 | Estonia | 83.7 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 40 | New Zealand | 83.7 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 83.58 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 43 | Qatar | 83.48 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 44 | Netherlands | 83.4 years | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 45 | United Kingdom | 83.33 years | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 46 | Chile | 83.23 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 47 | Isle of Man | 83.2 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 48 | Germany | 83.2 years | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 49 | Cayman Islands | 83 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 50 | Czechia | 83 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 50 | Maldives | 83 years | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 52 | Panama | 82.71 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 53 | Poland | 82.2 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 54 | Bahrain | 82.13 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 55 | Oman | 82.05 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 56 | Uruguay | 82.04 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 57 | Croatia | 81.9 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 58 | Armenia | 81.7 years | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 58 | Slovakia | 81.7 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 60 | Lithuania | 81.6 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 61 | Albania | 81.59 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 62 | Guam | 81.59 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 63 | Latvia | 81.5 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 64 | New Caledonia | 81.41 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 65 | United States | 81.4 years | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 66 | Saudi Arabia | 81.33 years | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 81.07 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 68 | Thailand | 80.98 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 69 | China | 80.97 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 70 | Curacao | 80.96 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 71 | Northern Mariana Islands | 80.87 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 80.75 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 73 | Seychelles | 80.7 years | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 74 | Cuba | 80.68 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 75 | Colombia | 80.61 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 76 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 80.45 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 77 | Antigua and Barbuda | 80.45 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 78 | Montenegro | 80.4 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 79 | Turkey | 80.34 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 80 | Jordan | 80.33 years | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 81 | Ecuador | 80.31 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 82 | Peru | 80.3 years | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 82 | Romania | 80.3 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 84 | British Virgin Islands | 80.19 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 85 | Argentina | 80.02 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 86 | Hungary | 79.9 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 87 | Lebanon | 79.86 years | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 88 | Iran | 79.81 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 89 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 79.66 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 90 | Malaysia | 79.52 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 79.5 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 92 | Ukraine | 79.39 years | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 93 | Vietnam | 79.38 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 94 | Cape Verde | 79.37 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 95 | Tunisia | 79.33 years | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 96 | Georgia | 79.23 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 97 | Belarus | 79.22 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 98 | Brazil | 79.14 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 99 | Aruba | 78.92 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 100 | Russia | 78.88 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 101 | North Macedonia | 78.86 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 102 | Barbados | 78.76 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 103 | Kazakhstan | 78.52 years | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 104 | Grenada | 78.5 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 105 | Serbia | 78.35 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 106 | Bahamas | 78.33 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 107 | Mexico | 78 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 108 | Algeria | 77.91 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 109 | Morocco | 77.78 years | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 110 | Brunei | 77.73 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 77.58 years | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 112 | Mauritius | 77.4 years | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 77.28 years | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 77.11 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 115 | Mongolia | 77.1 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 116 | Paraguay | 77.09 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 117 | Suriname | 76.98 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 76.83 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 119 | Bangladesh | 76.67 years | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 120 | Belize | 76.66 years | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 121 | Venezuela | 76.66 years | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 122 | Kyrgyzstan | 76.6 years | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 123 | Tonga | 76.54 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 124 | El Salvador | 76.49 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 125 | Saint Lucia | 76.45 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 126 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 76.16 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 128 | North Korea | 75.88 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 129 | Moldova | 75.67 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 130 | Honduras | 75.67 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 131 | Uzbekistan | 75.55 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 132 | Bhutan | 75.27 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 133 | Guatemala | 75.04 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 134 | Syria | 74.92 years | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 135 | Dominica | 74.72 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 136 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 74.48 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 137 | Palestine | 74.25 years | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 138 | Iraq | 74.18 years | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 139 | Jamaica | 74.15 years | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 74.14 years | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 74.11 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 142 | Guyana | 74.09 years | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 143 | Egypt | 74.01 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 144 | Sao Tome and Principe | 73.91 years | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 145 | India | 73.86 years | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 146 | Samoa | 73.82 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 147 | Indonesia | 73.43 years | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 148 | Cambodia | 73.36 years | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 149 | Turkmenistan | 73.01 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 150 | Philippines | 72.96 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 151 | Libya | 72.68 years | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 152 | Greenland | 72.23 years | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 72.18 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 154 | Nepal | 72.14 years | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 155 | Palau | 71.94 years | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 156 | Botswana | 71.85 years | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 157 | Yemen | 71.55 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 158 | Laos | 71.53 years | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 159 | Namibia | 71.48 years | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 160 | Uganda | 71.36 years | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 161 | Bolivia | 71.32 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 162 | Micronesia (country) | 71.28 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 163 | Gabon | 71.24 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 164 | Ethiopia | 71.02 years | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 165 | Senegal | 71.01 years | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 166 | Eritrea | 70.94 years | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 167 | Tuvalu | 70.86 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 168 | Malawi | 70.77 years | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 169 | Mauritania | 70.73 years | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 170 | Myanmar | 70.38 years | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 171 | Pakistan | 70.32 years | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 172 | Rwanda | 70.14 years | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 173 | Tanzania | 70 years | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 174 | Sudan | 69.83 years | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 176 | East Timor | 69.67 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 177 | Fiji | 69.54 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 178 | Marshall Islands | 69.48 years | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 179 | Papua New Guinea | 69.21 years | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 180 | Comoros | 69.2 years | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 181 | Zambia | 68.87 years | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 182 | Djibouti | 68.74 years | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 183 | Haiti | 68.49 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 184 | Kiribati | 68.32 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 185 | Ghana | 68.16 years | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 186 | Afghanistan | 67.81 years | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 187 | Gambia | 67.75 years | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 188 | Congo | 67.72 years | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 189 | Angola | 67.34 years | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 190 | Eswatini | 67.11 years | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 191 | Mozambique | 66.74 years | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 192 | Guinea-Bissau | 66.55 years | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 193 | Cameroon | 66.22 years | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 194 | Kenya | 66.12 years | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 195 | Equatorial Guinea | 65.89 years | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 196 | Burundi | 65.88 years | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 197 | Madagascar | 65.6 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 198 | Zimbabwe | 65.31 years | 2024 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 199 | Cote d'Ivoire | 64.31 years | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 200 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 64.23 years | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 201 | Nauru | 64.19 years | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 202 | Sierra Leone | 63.7 years | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 203 | Liberia | 63.63 years | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 204 | Burkina Faso | 63.43 years | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 205 | Togo | 63.15 years | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 206 | Benin | 62.42 years | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 207 | Niger | 62.41 years | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 208 | Mali | 62.15 years | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 209 | Guinea | 62.09 years | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 210 | Somalia | 61.55 years | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 211 | South Sudan | 60.75 years | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 212 | Lesotho | 60.44 years | 2024 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 214 | Chad | 57.19 years | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 215 | Nigeria | 54.94 years | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 84.75 years
- European Union 84.22 years
- Post-demographic dividend 83.73 years
- High income 83.24 years
- OECD members 82.99 years
- Europe & Central Asia 81.79 years
- North America 81.72 years
- Central Europe and the Baltics 81.54 years
- Late-demographic dividend 80.42 years
- Kosovo 80.28 years
- East Asia & Pacific 79.7 years
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 79.04 years
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.