Life expectancy at birth, female in Slovakia
Slovakia: Life expectancy at birth, female was 81.7 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, female in Slovakia, 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 Slovakia is 81.7 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 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in Slovakia peaked at 81.7 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 72.53 years, in 1960.
Slovakia ranks 58th of 217 countries 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 Slovakia, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 72.53 years | — |
| 1961 | 73.02 years | +0.7% |
| 1962 | 72.65 years | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 73.2 years | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 73.48 years | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 72.79 years | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 73.17 years | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 73.76 years | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 73.45 years | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 73.06 years | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 72.92 years | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 73.26 years | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 73.84 years | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 73.41 years | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 73.7 years | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 73.94 years | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 74.09 years | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 74.28 years | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 74.12 years | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 74.56 years | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 74.25 years | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 74.65 years | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 74.72 years | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 74.51 years | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 74.91 years | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 74.74 years | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 74.75 years | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 75.13 years | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 75.5 years | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 75.38 years | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 75.44 years | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 75.17 years | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 76.2 years | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 76.7 years | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 76.5 years | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 76.3 years | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 76.7 years | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 76.7 years | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 76.7 years | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 77 years | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 77.2 years | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 77.5 years | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 77.6 years | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 77.6 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 77.8 years | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 77.9 years | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 78.2 years | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 78.1 years | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 78.7 years | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 78.7 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 78.8 years | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 79.8 years | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 79.9 years | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 80.1 years | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 80.5 years | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 80.2 years | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 80.7 years | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 80.7 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 80.8 years | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 81.2 years | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 80.4 years | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 78.2 years | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 80.5 years | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 81.5 years | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 81.7 years | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73.11 years | 72.53 years | 73.76 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 73.81 years | 72.92 years | 74.56 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 74.85 years | 74.25 years | 75.5 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 76.34 years | 75.17 years | 77 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.93 years | 77.2 years | 78.7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.27 years | 78.8 years | 81.2 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.46 years | 78.2 years | 81.7 years | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, female in Slovakia?
- Life expectancy at birth, female in Slovakia was 81.7 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 Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 81.7 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.53 years in 1960.
- How does Slovakia rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
- Slovakia ranks 58th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovakia 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.