Life expectancy at birth, female in IDA total
IDA total: Life expectancy at birth, female was 67.82 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, female in IDA total, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, life expectancy at birth, female in IDA total stood at 67.82 years. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in IDA total peaked at 67.82 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 43.63 years, in 1960.
That places IDA total 37th out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Life expectancy at birth, female in IDA total, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 43.63 years | — |
| 1961 | 44.12 years | +1.1% |
| 1962 | 44.64 years | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 44.99 years | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 45.64 years | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 45.88 years | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 46.42 years | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 46.99 years | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 47.51 years | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 47.91 years | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 47.37 years | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 46.39 years | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 48.91 years | +5.4% |
| 1973 | 49.41 years | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 49.61 years | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 49.76 years | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 50.33 years | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 50.81 years | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 51.25 years | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 52.04 years | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 52.54 years | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 52.93 years | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 53.25 years | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 53.02 years | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 53.22 years | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 53.46 years | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 53.94 years | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 54.51 years | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 54.62 years | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 54.94 years | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 55.04 years | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 54.65 years | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 55.1 years | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 55.45 years | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 55.54 years | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 55.93 years | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 56.13 years | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 56.45 years | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 56.63 years | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 57.22 years | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 57.75 years | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 58.21 years | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 58.71 years | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 59.22 years | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 59.64 years | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 60.13 years | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 60.86 years | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 61.42 years | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 61.66 years | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 62.31 years | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 62.74 years | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 63.16 years | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 63.68 years | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 64.1 years | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 64.39 years | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 64.68 years | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 65.07 years | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 65.4 years | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 65.89 years | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 66.24 years | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 66.14 years | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 65.69 years | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 67.07 years | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 67.62 years | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 67.82 years | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45.77 years | 43.63 years | 47.91 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 49.59 years | 46.39 years | 52.04 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 53.64 years | 52.54 years | 54.94 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 55.82 years | 54.65 years | 57.22 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 59.99 years | 57.75 years | 62.31 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.54 years | 62.74 years | 66.24 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.87 years | 65.69 years | 67.82 years | 5 |
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More health data for IDA total
- Population, male, annual growth rate 2.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, old 6.8% (2025)
- Population, female 994.85 million (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 64.4% (2025)
- Population, female 50.1% (2025)
- Population, male 992.02 million (2025)
- Population, male 49.9% (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.4993 units per person (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, annual growth rate 3.7 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, female in IDA total?
- Life expectancy at birth, female in IDA total was 67.82 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 IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 67.82 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.63 years in 1960.
- How does IDA total rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
- IDA total ranks 37th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total 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.