Life expectancy at birth, female in Italy
Italy: Life expectancy at birth, female was 86 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
86 years
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
13th
of 217 countries
All-time high
86 years
in 2024
All-time low
71.69 years
in 1960
Years of data
65
1960–2024
Life expectancy at birth, female in Italy, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.
Analysis
Italy recorded 86 years for life expectancy at birth, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in Italy peaked at 86 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 71.69 years, in 1960.
Italy ranks 13th of 217 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Life expectancy at birth, female in Italy, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 71.69 years | — |
| 1961 | 72.48 years | +1.1% |
| 1962 | 71.89 years | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 72.06 years | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 73.18 years | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 73.04 years | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 73.82 years | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 73.83 years | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 73.72 years | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 73.88 years | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 74.55 years | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 74.88 years | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 75.21 years | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 75.12 years | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 75.91 years | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 75.91 years | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 76.27 years | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 76.74 years | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 77.13 years | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 77.46 years | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 77.38 years | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 77.76 years | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 78.19 years | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 77.99 years | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 78.77 years | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 78.8 years | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 79.1 years | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 79.6 years | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 79.7 years | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 80.2 years | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 80.3 years | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 80.4 years | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 80.8 years | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 81 years | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 81.2 years | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 81.5 years | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 81.8 years | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 82 years | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 82.1 years | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 82.6 years | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 82.8 years | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 83.2 years | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 83.2 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 82.8 years | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 83.7 years | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 83.6 years | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 84.1 years | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 84.2 years | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 84.2 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 84.3 years | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 84.7 years | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 84.8 years | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 84.8 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 85.2 years | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 85.6 years | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 84.9 years | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 85.6 years | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 85.2 years | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 85.6 years | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 85.7 years | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 84.5 years | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 84.9 years | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 84.8 years | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 85.4 years | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 86 years | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72.96 years | 71.69 years | 73.88 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 75.92 years | 74.55 years | 77.46 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 78.75 years | 77.38 years | 80.2 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 81.37 years | 80.3 years | 82.6 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 83.61 years | 82.8 years | 84.3 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.21 years | 84.7 years | 85.7 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.12 years | 84.5 years | 86 years | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, female in Italy?
- Life expectancy at birth, female in Italy was 86 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 86 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.69 years in 1960.
- How does Italy rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
- Italy ranks 13th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.