Life expectancy at birth, female in Sweden
Sweden: Life expectancy at birth, female was 85.6 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, female in Sweden, 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 Sweden is 85.6 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in Sweden peaked at 85.6 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 74.87 years, in 1960.
Sweden ranks 16th 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 Sweden, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 74.87 years | — |
| 1961 | 75.39 years | +0.7% |
| 1962 | 75.43 years | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 75.64 years | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 75.91 years | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 76.1 years | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 76.45 years | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 76.54 years | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 76.37 years | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 76.61 years | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 77.2 years | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 77.4 years | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 77.53 years | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 77.71 years | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 77.9 years | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 77.94 years | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 77.94 years | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 78.54 years | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 78.66 years | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 78.71 years | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 78.85 years | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 79.13 years | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 79.38 years | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 79.63 years | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 79.93 years | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 79.7 years | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 80.03 years | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 80.15 years | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 79.95 years | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 80.8 years | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 80.4 years | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 80.53 years | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 80.78 years | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 80.77 years | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 81.37 years | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 81.45 years | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 81.52 years | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 81.82 years | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 81.9 years | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 81.9 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 82 years | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 82.1 years | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 82.1 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 82.4 years | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 82.7 years | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 82.8 years | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 82.9 years | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 83 years | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 83.2 years | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 83.4 years | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 83.5 years | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 83.8 years | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 83.6 years | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 83.8 years | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 84.2 years | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 84.1 years | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 84.1 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 84.1 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 84.3 years | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 84.8 years | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 84.2 years | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 84.9 years | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 84.8 years | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 85 years | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 85.6 years | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75.93 years | 74.87 years | 76.61 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 77.95 years | 77.2 years | 78.71 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 79.75 years | 78.85 years | 80.8 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 81.24 years | 80.4 years | 81.9 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 82.66 years | 82 years | 83.4 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.03 years | 83.5 years | 84.8 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.9 years | 84.2 years | 85.6 years | 5 |
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More health data for Sweden
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.8581 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,109 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 30 (2100)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, annual growth rate 1.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita 0.2091 units per person (2025)
- Population, female, annual growth rate 0.2263 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, per capita 0.4962 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, female in Sweden?
- Life expectancy at birth, female in Sweden 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 85.6 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.87 years in 1960.
- How does Sweden rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
- Sweden ranks 16th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.