Life expectancy at birth, female in Singapore
Singapore: Life expectancy at birth, female was 85.6 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
85.6 years
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
16th
of 217 countries
All-time high
85.9 years
in 2019
All-time low
69.14 years
in 1960
Years of data
65
1960–2024
Life expectancy at birth, female in Singapore, 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 Singapore stood at 85.6 years.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in Singapore peaked at 85.9 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 69.14 years, in 1960.
That places Singapore 16th 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 Singapore, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 69.14 years | — |
| 1961 | 69.52 years | +0.5% |
| 1962 | 70 years | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 70.47 years | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 70.68 years | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 70.85 years | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 71.12 years | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 71.21 years | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 71.52 years | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 71.76 years | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 72.05 years | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 72.29 years | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 72.44 years | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 72.7 years | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 73.15 years | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 73.64 years | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 74.06 years | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 74.19 years | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 74.33 years | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 74.39 years | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 74.7 years | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 75.2 years | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 75.3 years | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 75.7 years | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 75.8 years | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 76.4 years | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 76.5 years | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 76.7 years | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 76.9 years | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 77.2 years | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 77.6 years | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 77.9 years | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 78.2 years | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 78.3 years | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 78.4 years | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 78.6 years | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 78.9 years | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 79.1 years | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 79.4 years | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 79.6 years | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 80 years | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 80.3 years | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 80.6 years | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 81.6 years | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 82 years | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 82.5 years | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 82.6 years | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 82.9 years | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 83.3 years | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 83.7 years | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 84 years | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 84.1 years | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 84.3 years | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 84.5 years | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 84.8 years | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 85.1 years | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 85.1 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 85.4 years | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 85.5 years | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 85.9 years | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 85.9 years | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 85.5 years | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 85.2 years | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 85.3 years | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 85.6 years | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70.63 years | 69.14 years | 71.76 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 73.32 years | 72.05 years | 74.39 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 76.04 years | 74.7 years | 77.2 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 78.6 years | 77.6 years | 79.6 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.95 years | 80 years | 83.7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.87 years | 84 years | 85.9 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.5 years | 85.2 years | 85.9 years | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, female in Singapore?
- Life expectancy at birth, female in Singapore was 85.6 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 85.9 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.14 years in 1960.
- How does Singapore rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
- Singapore ranks 16th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore 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.