Life expectancy at birth, female in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Life expectancy at birth, female was 84.91 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, female in Faroe Islands, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.
Analysis
Faroe Islands recorded 84.91 years for life expectancy at birth, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in Faroe Islands peaked at 84.91 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 74.76 years, in 1960.
Faroe Islands ranks 26th of 217 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Life expectancy at birth, female in Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 74.76 years | — |
| 1961 | 75.39 years | +0.9% |
| 1962 | 75.92 years | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 76.35 years | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 76.69 years | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 76.96 years | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 77.16 years | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 77.31 years | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 77.48 years | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 77.58 years | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 77.68 years | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 77.82 years | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 77.95 years | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 78.07 years | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 78.05 years | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 78.08 years | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 78.04 years | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 78.11 years | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 78.13 years | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 78.12 years | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 78.27 years | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 78.48 years | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 78.7 years | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 78.9 years | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 79.09 years | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 79.26 years | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 78.82 years | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 79.04 years | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 79.27 years | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 79.49 years | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 79.7 years | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 79.92 years | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 80.13 years | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 80.34 years | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 80.54 years | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 80.73 years | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 80.85 years | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 80.94 years | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 81.03 years | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 81.13 years | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 81.23 years | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 81.34 years | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 81.44 years | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 81.57 years | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 81.72 years | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 81.92 years | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 82.15 years | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 82.4 years | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 82.65 years | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 82.91 years | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 83.15 years | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 83.38 years | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 83.6 years | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 83.8 years | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 83.99 years | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 84.17 years | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 84.29 years | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 84.39 years | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 84.47 years | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 84.55 years | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 84.63 years | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 84.71 years | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 84.78 years | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 84.85 years | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 84.91 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76.56 years | 74.76 years | 77.58 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 78.01 years | 77.68 years | 78.13 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 78.93 years | 78.27 years | 79.49 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 80.53 years | 79.7 years | 81.13 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.93 years | 81.23 years | 82.91 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.98 years | 83.15 years | 84.55 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.78 years | 84.63 years | 84.91 years | 5 |
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- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 376 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 392 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 353 (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, female in Faroe Islands?
- Life expectancy at birth, female in Faroe Islands was 84.91 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 84.91 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.76 years in 1960.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
- Faroe Islands ranks 26th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Faroe Islands data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Life expectancy at birth, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.