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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
151 Turkmenistan 73.01 years
152 Philippines 72.96 years
153 Libya 72.68 years
154 Greenland 72.23 years
155 Solomon Islands 72.18 years
156 Nepal 72.14 years
157 Palau 71.94 years
158 Botswana 71.85 years
159 Yemen, Rep. 71.55 years
160 Lao PDR 71.53 years
161 Namibia 71.48 years
162 Uganda 71.37 years
163 Bolivia 71.32 years
164 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 71.28 years
165 Gabon 71.24 years
166 Ethiopia 71.02 years
167 Senegal 71.01 years
168 Eritrea 70.94 years
169 Tuvalu 70.86 years
170 Malawi 70.77 years
171 Mauritania 70.73 years
172 Myanmar 70.38 years
173 Pakistan 70.32 years
174 Rwanda 70.14 years
175 Tanzania 70.00 years
176 Sudan 69.83 years
177 South Africa 69.79 years
178 Timor-Leste 69.67 years
179 Fiji 69.54 years
180 Marshall Islands 69.48 years
181 Papua New Guinea 69.21 years
182 Comoros 69.20 years
183 Zambia 68.87 years
184 Djibouti 68.74 years
185 Haiti 68.49 years
186 Kiribati 68.32 years
187 Ghana 68.16 years
188 Afghanistan 67.81 years
189 Gambia, The 67.75 years
190 Congo, Rep. 67.72 years
191 Angola 67.34 years
192 Eswatini 67.11 years
193 Mozambique 66.74 years
194 Guinea-Bissau 66.55 years
195 Cameroon 66.23 years
196 Kenya 66.12 years
197 Equatorial Guinea 65.89 years
198 Burundi 65.88 years
199 Madagascar 65.60 years
200 Zimbabwe 65.31 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.