Life expectancy at birth, female in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Life expectancy at birth, female was 85.5 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, female in Luxembourg, 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 Luxembourg is 85.5 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in Luxembourg peaked at 85.5 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 71.34 years, in 1962.
That places Luxembourg 18th out of 217 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 71.72 years | — |
| 1961 | 71.66 years | -0.1% |
| 1962 | 71.34 years | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 71.55 years | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 72.47 years | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 72.53 years | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 71.68 years | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 72.6 years | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 72.78 years | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 73.03 years | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 72.19 years | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 72.48 years | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 73.39 years | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 74.1 years | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 73.62 years | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 73.77 years | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 73.63 years | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 75.11 years | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 74.75 years | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 75.7 years | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 74.81 years | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 75.23 years | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 75.47 years | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 76.1 years | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 75.74 years | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 76.22 years | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 77.4 years | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 77.05 years | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 77.49 years | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 77.18 years | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 77.42 years | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 79.1 years | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 79.1 years | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 79.4 years | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 79.7 years | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 80.2 years | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 79.9 years | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 79.8 years | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 80.5 years | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 81.1 years | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 81.1 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 81 years | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 81.5 years | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 80.8 years | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 82.4 years | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 82.3 years | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 81.9 years | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 82.2 years | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 83.1 years | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 83.3 years | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 83.5 years | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 83.6 years | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 83.8 years | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 83.9 years | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 85.2 years | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 84.7 years | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 85.4 years | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 84.4 years | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 84.6 years | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 85.2 years | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 84.5 years | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 84.8 years | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 85.2 years | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 85 years | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 85.5 years | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72.13 years | 71.34 years | 73.03 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 73.87 years | 72.19 years | 75.7 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 76.27 years | 74.81 years | 77.49 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 79.62 years | 77.42 years | 81.1 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.96 years | 80.8 years | 83.3 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.43 years | 83.5 years | 85.4 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 85 years | 84.5 years | 85.5 years | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, female in Luxembourg?
- Life expectancy at birth, female in Luxembourg was 85.5 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 85.5 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.34 years in 1962.
- How does Luxembourg rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
- Luxembourg ranks 18th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.