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Countries with the highest
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

In 2019, Monaco leads Life expectancy at birth, female (years) with 88.32 years. Hong Kong SAR, China follows at 88.06 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.26 years. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

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Ranking leaders

0.022.144.266.288.3MonacoMonaco: 88.32 years88.3Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 88.06 years88.1JapanJapan: 87.45 years87.5Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 86.90 years86.9San MarinoSan Marino: 86.79 years86.8SpainSpain: 86.70 years86.7Korea, Rep.Korea, Rep.: 86.30 years86.3AndorraAndorra: 86.10 years86.1FranceFrance: 85.90 years85.9SingaporeSingapore: 85.90 years85.9LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 85.80 years85.8SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 85.80 years85.8

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Poland 81.90 years
52 Oman 81.87 years
53 Thailand 81.76 years
54 Cayman Islands 81.57 years
55 Panama 81.57 years
56 Bahrain 81.54 years
57 Maldives 81.51 years
58 Croatia 81.40 years
59 United States 81.40 years
60 Uruguay 81.29 years
61 Lithuania 81.20 years
62 Slovak Republic 81.20 years
63 Albania 81.06 years
64 Guam 80.89 years
65 Turkiye 80.89 years
66 China 80.75 years
67 Curacao 80.57 years
68 New Caledonia 80.50 years
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 80.46 years
70 Saudi Arabia 80.38 years
71 Latvia 80.10 years
72 Lebanon 80.05 years
73 Ecuador 79.98 years
74 Turks and Caicos Islands 79.97 years
75 Cuba 79.91 years
76 Sri Lanka 79.89 years
77 Antigua and Barbuda 79.84 years
78 Northern Mariana Islands 79.82 years
79 Hungary 79.70 years
80 Colombia 79.70 years
81 British Virgin Islands 79.65 years
82 Armenia 79.50 years
83 Montenegro 79.50 years
84 Romania 79.50 years
85 Argentina 79.44 years
86 Belarus 79.40 years
87 Kosovo 79.36 years
88 Jordan 79.23 years
89 Brazil 79.02 years
90 Viet Nam 78.97 years
91 Georgia 78.89 years
92 Iran, Islamic Rep. 78.83 years
93 Aruba 78.81 years
94 Bulgaria 78.80 years
95 Ukraine 78.73 years
96 Cabo Verde 78.69 years
97 Malaysia 78.60 years
98 North Macedonia 78.60 years
99 Serbia 78.60 years
100 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 78.58 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Monaco leads the global ranking for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in 2019, with a lead of 0.26 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Switzerland at 85.80 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.