World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0 Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.
RU EN

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

In 2021, Hong Kong SAR, China leads Life expectancy at birth, female (years) with 87.94 years. Japan follows at 87.57 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.37 years. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Latest available year 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

Ranking leaders

0.022.044.066.087.9Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 87.94 years87.9JapanJapan: 87.57 years87.6MonacoMonaco: 87.29 years87.3Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 86.70 years86.7Korea, Rep.Korea, Rep.: 86.60 years86.6LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 86.40 years86.4SpainSpain: 86.20 years86.2SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 85.80 years85.8FranceFrance: 85.50 years85.5SingaporeSingapore: 85.50 years85.5AustraliaAustralia: 85.40 years85.4BermudaBermuda: 85.39 years85.4

Full table

#CountryValue
151 Egypt, Arab Rep. 70.81 years
152 Solomon Islands 70.30 years
153 Lao PDR 70.07 years
154 Nepal 69.89 years
155 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 69.79 years
156 Philippines 69.70 years
157 Gabon 69.61 years
158 Tuvalu 69.60 years
159 Indonesia 69.44 years
160 Uganda 69.24 years
161 Yemen, Rep. 69.17 years
162 Tanzania 69.09 years
163 Senegal 68.98 years
164 Eritrea 68.98 years
165 Rwanda 68.92 years
166 India 68.84 years
167 Myanmar 68.82 years
168 Ethiopia 68.72 years
169 Mauritania 68.69 years
170 Pakistan 68.30 years
171 Malawi 68.25 years
172 Guyana 67.98 years
173 Timor-Leste 67.96 years
174 Marshall Islands 67.84 years
175 Papua New Guinea 67.45 years
176 Sudan 67.35 years
177 Comoros 67.31 years
178 Fiji 66.93 years
179 Ghana 66.53 years
180 Djibouti 66.40 years
181 Kiribati 65.77 years
182 Congo, Rep. 65.75 years
183 Haiti 65.71 years
184 Botswana 65.51 years
185 Gambia, The 65.45 years
186 Angola 65.44 years
187 Bolivia 65.25 years
188 Zambia 64.93 years
189 South Africa 64.77 years
190 Namibia 64.55 years
191 Equatorial Guinea 64.37 years
192 Madagascar 64.26 years
193 Burundi 64.11 years
194 Afghanistan 64.08 years
195 Guinea-Bissau 63.87 years
196 Kenya 63.64 years
197 Naoero 63.42 years
198 Cameroon 63.30 years
199 Mozambique 63.14 years
200 Liberia 62.42 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Hong Kong SAR, China leads the global ranking for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in 2021, with a lead of 0.37 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Bermuda at 85.39 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.