Life expectancy in Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands: Life expectancy was 79.21 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Falkland Islands, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Falkland Islands recorded 79.21 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Falkland Islands peaked at 79.21 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 49.48 years, in 1950.
That places Falkland Islands 64th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 51.16 years | 49.48 years | 53.19 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 54.42 years | 53.54 years | 55.22 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 55.71 years | 54.73 years | 56.18 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 52.03 years | 51.15 years | 53.94 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 61.38 years | 53.34 years | 69.77 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.75 years | 71.13 years | 77.39 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.31 years | 77.73 years | 78.61 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.01 years | 78.78 years | 79.21 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Falkland Islands
- 61 Panama 79.59 years compare
- 62 Anguilla 79.31 years compare
- 63 United States 79.3 years compare
- 65 Estonia 79.15 years compare
- 66 Northern Mariana Islands 78.81 years compare
- 67 New Caledonia 78.77 years compare
More health data for Falkland Islands
- Number of infants who die before age 1 0 deaths (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,295 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Life expectancy for people of different ages 79.21 years (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. child mortality 1.69 live births per woman (2023)
- Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita 79.21 years (2023)
- Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index 79.21 years (2023)
- Life expectancy 79.21 years (2023)
- Natural population growth rate vs. child mortality rate 0.3% (2023)
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index 0.857 index (1995)
- Life expectancy at age 15 89.92 years (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Falkland Islands?
- Life expectancy in Falkland Islands was 79.21 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Falkland Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 79.21 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Falkland Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.48 years in 1950.
- How does Falkland Islands rank for life expectancy?
- Falkland Islands ranks 64th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Falkland Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Falkland Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.