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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
101 Peru 78.58 years
102 Barbados 78.54 years
103 Seychelles 78.40 years
104 Tunisia 78.26 years
105 Grenada 78.19 years
106 Russian Federation 78.17 years
107 West Bank and Gaza 78.09 years
108 Kazakhstan 77.74 years
109 Mauritius 77.56 years
110 Mexico 77.42 years
111 Brunei Darussalam 77.29 years
112 Algeria 77.09 years
113 Paraguay 76.80 years
114 Venezuela, RB 76.68 years
115 Dominican Republic 76.45 years
116 Nicaragua 76.42 years
117 Morocco 76.39 years
118 Azerbaijan 76.24 years
119 Libya 76.20 years
120 St. Lucia 76.09 years
121 Trinidad and Tobago 76.03 years
122 El Salvador 75.98 years
123 Tonga 75.97 years
124 Mongolia 75.96 years
125 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 75.86 years
126 Kyrgyz Republic 75.80 years
127 American Samoa 75.72 years
128 Belize 75.67 years
129 St. Kitts and Nevis 75.48 years
130 Uzbekistan 75.37 years
131 Suriname 75.08 years
132 Honduras 74.73 years
133 Moldova 74.62 years
134 Dominica 74.51 years
135 Bangladesh 74.40 years
136 Syrian Arab Republic 74.25 years
137 Bahamas, The 74.18 years
138 Guatemala 74.02 years
139 Jamaica 74.01 years
140 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 73.99 years
141 Greenland 73.96 years
142 Bhutan 73.90 years
143 Egypt, Arab Rep. 73.42 years
144 Vanuatu 73.29 years
145 Tajikistan 73.18 years
146 Iraq 73.01 years
147 Guyana 72.85 years
148 Philippines 72.70 years
149 Cambodia 72.56 years
150 Indonesia 72.39 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.