Life expectancy at birth, female in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Life expectancy at birth, female was 74.42 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, female in Low & middle income, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, female in Low & middle income is 74.42 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in Low & middle income peaked at 74.42 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 44.77 years, in 1960.
Low & middle income ranks 25th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Life expectancy at birth, female in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 44.77 years | — |
| 1961 | 47.34 years | +5.7% |
| 1962 | 51.07 years | +7.9% |
| 1963 | 51.56 years | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 52.1 years | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 52.06 years | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 52.68 years | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 53.3 years | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 54.02 years | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 54.55 years | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 54.84 years | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 55.15 years | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 56.05 years | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 56.72 years | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 57.26 years | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 57.83 years | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 58.2 years | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 59.01 years | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 59.53 years | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 60.15 years | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 60.66 years | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 61.15 years | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 61.6 years | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 61.96 years | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 62.35 years | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 62.73 years | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 63.19 years | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 63.63 years | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 63.92 years | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 64.28 years | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 64.47 years | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 64.72 years | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 65.07 years | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 65.43 years | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 65.68 years | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 65.99 years | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 66.29 years | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 66.61 years | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 66.88 years | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 67.21 years | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 67.6 years | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 67.93 years | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 68.3 years | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 68.67 years | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 68.9 years | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 69.36 years | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 69.75 years | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 70.11 years | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 70.33 years | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 70.76 years | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 71.09 years | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 71.43 years | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 71.79 years | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 72.09 years | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 72.36 years | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 72.62 years | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 72.88 years | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 73.13 years | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 73.41 years | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 73.63 years | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 73.22 years | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 72 years | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 74 years | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 74.29 years | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 74.42 years | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51.35 years | 44.77 years | 54.55 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 57.47 years | 54.84 years | 60.15 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 62.55 years | 60.66 years | 64.28 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 65.84 years | 64.47 years | 67.21 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 69.17 years | 67.6 years | 70.76 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.45 years | 71.09 years | 73.63 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.59 years | 72 years | 74.42 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More health data for Low & middle income
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate -0.2398 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1352 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1277 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, per capita 0.0084 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, annual growth rate 3.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate -0.3789 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, female in Low & middle income?
- Life expectancy at birth, female in Low & middle income was 74.42 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 Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 74.42 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.77 years in 1960.
- How does Low & middle income rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
- Low & middle income ranks 25th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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.