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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
101 Aruba 78.92 years
102 Russian Federation 78.88 years
103 North Macedonia 78.86 years
104 Barbados 78.76 years
105 Kazakhstan 78.52 years
106 Grenada 78.50 years
107 Serbia 78.35 years
108 Bahamas, The 78.33 years
109 Mexico 78.00 years
110 Algeria 77.91 years
111 Morocco 77.78 years
112 Brunei Darussalam 77.73 years
113 Nicaragua 77.58 years
114 Mauritius 77.40 years
115 Azerbaijan 77.29 years
116 Dominican Republic 77.11 years
117 Mongolia 77.10 years
118 Paraguay 77.09 years
119 Suriname 76.98 years
120 Trinidad and Tobago 76.83 years
121 Bangladesh 76.67 years
122 Belize 76.66 years
123 Venezuela, RB 76.66 years
124 Kyrgyz Republic 76.60 years
125 Tonga 76.54 years
126 El Salvador 76.49 years
127 St. Lucia 76.45 years
128 St. Kitts and Nevis 76.16 years
129 American Samoa 75.99 years
130 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 75.88 years
131 Moldova 75.67 years
132 Honduras 75.67 years
133 Uzbekistan 75.55 years
134 Bhutan 75.27 years
135 Guatemala 75.04 years
136 Syrian Arab Republic 74.92 years
137 Dominica 74.72 years
138 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 74.48 years
139 West Bank and Gaza 74.25 years
140 Iraq 74.18 years
141 Jamaica 74.15 years
142 Tajikistan 74.14 years
143 Vanuatu 74.11 years
144 Guyana 74.09 years
145 Egypt, Arab Rep. 74.01 years
146 Sao Tome and Principe 73.91 years
147 India 73.86 years
148 Samoa 73.82 years
149 Indonesia 73.43 years
150 Cambodia 73.36 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.