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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
201 Cote d'Ivoire 64.31 years
202 Congo, Dem. Rep. 64.23 years
203 Naoero 64.19 years
204 Sierra Leone 63.70 years
205 Liberia 63.63 years
206 Burkina Faso 63.43 years
207 Togo 63.15 years
208 Benin 62.42 years
209 Niger 62.41 years
210 Mali 62.15 years
211 Guinea 62.09 years
212 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 61.55 years
213 South Sudan 60.75 years
214 Lesotho 60.44 years
215 Central African Republic 59.56 years
216 Chad 57.19 years
217 Nigeria 54.94 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.