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Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

For 2024, Life expectancy at birth, female (years) is led by Monaco at 88.63 years. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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.

Countries ranked 217
Snapshot year 2024
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0.022.244.366.588.6MonacoMonaco: 88.63 years88.6Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 88.22 years88.2San MarinoSan Marino: 87.22 years87.2JapanJapan: 87.13 years87.1French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia: 86.62 years86.6Korea, Rep.Korea, Rep.: 86.60 years86.6SpainSpain: 86.50 years86.5LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 86.30 years86.3AndorraAndorra: 86.24 years86.2Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 86.20 years86.2SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 86.20 years86.2GibraltarGibraltar: 86.19 years86.2
Rank Country Value
51 Czechia 83.00 years
52 Maldives 83.00 years
53 Panama 82.71 years
54 Poland 82.20 years
55 Bahrain 82.13 years
56 Oman 82.05 years
57 Uruguay 82.04 years
58 Croatia 81.90 years
59 Armenia 81.70 years
60 Slovak Republic 81.70 years
61 Lithuania 81.60 years
62 Albania 81.59 years
63 Guam 81.59 years
64 Latvia 81.50 years
65 New Caledonia 81.41 years
66 United States 81.40 years
67 Saudi Arabia 81.33 years
68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 81.07 years
69 Thailand 80.98 years
70 China 80.97 years
71 Curacao 80.96 years
72 Northern Mariana Islands 80.87 years
73 Sri Lanka 80.75 years
74 Seychelles 80.70 years
75 Cuba 80.68 years
76 Colombia 80.61 years
77 Turks and Caicos Islands 80.45 years
78 Antigua and Barbuda 80.45 years
79 Montenegro 80.40 years
80 Turkiye 80.34 years
81 Jordan 80.34 years
82 Ecuador 80.31 years
83 Peru 80.30 years
84 Romania 80.30 years
85 Kosovo 80.28 years
86 British Virgin Islands 80.19 years
87 Argentina 80.02 years
88 Hungary 79.90 years
89 Lebanon 79.86 years
90 Iran, Islamic Rep. 79.81 years
91 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 79.66 years
92 Malaysia 79.52 years
93 Bulgaria 79.50 years
94 Ukraine 79.39 years
95 Viet Nam 79.38 years
96 Cabo Verde 79.37 years
97 Tunisia 79.33 years
98 Georgia 79.23 years
99 Belarus 79.22 years
100 Brazil 79.15 years
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Monaco sits at the top of the Life expectancy at birth, female (years) distribution in 2024 at 88.63 years, with a lead of 0.41 years over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Mexico at 78.00 years, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Nigeria (54.94 years), and the page currently covers 217 countries.