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Female life expectancy at birth
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
76.8years
Median: 78.8years
Countries Covered
236
with available data
Highest
Monaco
88.5years
Lowest
Nigeria
54.7years
Top 5 Countries
1Monaco88.5years
2Hong Kong88.1years
3Japan87.7years
4South Korea87.2years
5San Marino87.1years
By Region
Oceania84.8years(2 countries)
Europe83.2years(32 countries)
South America80.7years(7 countries)
North America79.8years(4 countries)
Asia79.5years(27 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (54.7years)High (88.5years)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 76.8years)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Asia (27)
Other (155)
Africa (9)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 88.5years |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 88.1years |
| 3 | Japan | 87.7years |
| 4 | South Korea | 87.2years |
| 5 | San Marino | 87.1years |
| 6 | Saint Barthélemy | 86.8years |
| 7 | French Polynesia | 86.5years |
| 8 | Reunion | 86.3years |
| 9 | Spain | 86.3years |
| 10 | Singapore | 86.2years |
| 11 | Gibraltar | 86.1years |
| 12 | Andorra | 86.1years |
| 13 | France | 86.1years |
| 14 | Switzerland | 85.8years |
| 15 | Italy | 85.7years |
| 16 | Bermuda | 85.7years |
| 17 | Australia | 85.7years |
| 18 | Martinique | 85.6years |
| 19 | Guernsey | 85.6years |
| 20 | Guadeloupe | 85.5years |
| 21 | Liechtenstein | 85.3years |
| 22 | Malta | 85.3years |
| 23 | Macao | 85.2years |
| 24 | Puerto Rico | 85.2years |
| 25 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 85.1years |
| 26 | Portugal | 85.1years |
| 27 | Sweden | 85.1years |
| 28 | Norway | 84.8years |
| 29 | Canada | 84.8years |
| 30 | Finland | 84.7years |
| 31 | Israel | 84.6years |
| 32 | Iceland | 84.5years |
| 33 | Ireland | 84.5years |
| 34 | Slovenia | 84.3years |
| 35 | Greece | 84.3years |
| 36 | Belgium | 84.3years |
| 37 | Austria | 84.3years |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 84.2years |
| 39 | Denmark | 83.9years |
| 40 | Saint Martin (French part) | 83.8years |
| 41 | Luxembourg | 83.8years |
| 42 | New Zealand | 83.8years |
| 43 | Germany | 83.8years |
| 44 | Netherlands | 83.7years |
| 45 | Cyprus | 83.7years |
| 46 | Taiwan, Province of China | 83.6years |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 83.4years |
| 48 | Qatar | 83.4years |
| 49 | United Kingdom | 83.2years |
| 50 | Isle of Man | 83.1years |
| 51 | Chile | 83.1years |
| 52 | Estonia | 83.0years |
| 53 | Cayman Islands | 82.9years |
| 54 | Maldives | 82.8years |
| 55 | Anguilla | 82.7years |
| 56 | Czech Republic | 82.6years |
| 57 | Panama | 82.6years |
| 58 | Faroe Islands | 82.5years |
| 59 | Poland | 82.4years |
| 60 | Bahrain | 82.0years |
| 61 | Uruguay | 81.9years |
| 62 | Oman | 81.9years |
| 63 | United States of America | 81.8years |
| 64 | Kuwait | 81.8years |
| 65 | Jersey | 81.8years |
| 66 | Croatia | 81.7years |
| 67 | Slovakia | 81.6years |
| 68 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 81.5years |
| 69 | Albania | 81.4years |
| 70 | Guam | 81.4years |
| 71 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 81.4years |
| 72 | New Caledonia | 81.3years |
| 73 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 81.2years |
| 74 | Saudi Arabia | 81.2years |
| 75 | People's Republic of China | 80.9years |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 80.9years |
| 77 | Thailand | 80.9years |
| 78 | Curaçao | 80.8years |
| 79 | Northern Mariana Islands | 80.7years |
| 80 | Lithuania | 80.7years |
| 81 | Saint Helena | 80.6years |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 80.6years |
| 83 | Cuba | 80.5years |
| 84 | Latvia | 80.5years |
| 85 | Colombia | 80.5years |
| 86 | Montenegro | 80.3years |
| 87 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 80.3years |
| 88 | Antigua and Barbuda | 80.3years |
| 89 | Ukraine | 80.2years |
| 90 | Jordan | 80.2years |
| 91 | Hungary | 80.2years |
| 92 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 80.2years |
| 93 | Ecuador | 80.1years |
| 94 | Peru | 80.1years |
| 95 | Virgin Islands, British | 80.0years |
| 96 | Serbia | 80.0years |
| 97 | French Guiana | 80.0years |
| 98 | Argentina | 79.9years |
| 99 | Türkiye | 79.9years |
| 100 | Lebanon | 79.7years |
| 101 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 79.6years |
| 102 | Wallis and Futuna | 79.6years |
| 103 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 79.6years |
| 104 | Romania | 79.6years |
| 105 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 79.5years |
| 106 | Armenia | 79.5years |
| 107 | Malaysia | 79.4years |
| 108 | Vietnam | 79.3years |
| 109 | Bulgaria | 79.2years |
| 110 | Cape Verde | 79.2years |
| 111 | Tunisia | 79.1years |
| 112 | Georgia | 79.1years |
| 113 | Belarus | 79.1years |
| 114 | Cook Islands | 79.0years |
| 115 | Russian Federation | 79.0years |
| 116 | Brazil | 79.0years |
| 117 | Tokelau | 78.9years |
| 118 | Montserrat | 78.8years |
| 119 | Aruba | 78.8years |
| 120 | Barbados | 78.6years |
| 121 | Kazakhstan | 78.4years |
| 122 | Grenada | 78.4years |
| 123 | Mayotte | 78.3years |
| 124 | Bahamas | 78.2years |
| 125 | Mauritius | 78.2years |
| 126 | Mexico | 77.8years |
| 127 | Algeria | 77.7years |
| 128 | Morocco | 77.6years |
| 129 | Brunei Darussalam | 77.6years |
| 130 | Nicaragua | 77.4years |
| 131 | Azerbaijan | 77.1years |
| 132 | Dominican Republic | 77.0years |
| 133 | Paraguay | 77.0years |
| 134 | Suriname | 76.8years |
| 135 | Trinidad and Tobago | 76.7years |
| 136 | Seychelles | 76.5years |
| 137 | Venezuela | 76.5years |
| 138 | Belize | 76.5years |
| 139 | Mongolia | 76.4years |
| 140 | Tonga | 76.4years |
| 141 | Bangladesh | 76.4years |
| 142 | Saint Lucia | 76.3years |
| 143 | El Salvador | 76.3years |
| 144 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 76.0years |
| 145 | American Samoa | 75.8years |
| 146 | North Korea | 75.7years |
| 147 | Moldova, Republic of | 75.5years |
| 148 | Honduras | 75.5years |
| 149 | Uzbekistan | 75.4years |
| 150 | Kyrgyzstan | 75.2years |
| 151 | Bhutan | 75.0years |
| 152 | Guatemala | 74.9years |
| 153 | Dominica | 74.5years |
| 154 | Syrian Arab Republic | 74.4years |
| 155 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 74.3years |
| 156 | Iraq | 74.1years |
| 157 | Jamaica | 74.0years |
| 158 | Tajikistan | 74.0years |
| 159 | Guyana | 73.9years |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 73.9years |
| 161 | Egypt | 73.8years |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 73.7years |
| 163 | Samoa | 73.7years |
| 164 | India | 73.6years |
| 165 | Western Sahara | 73.5years |
| 166 | Indonesia | 73.3years |
| 167 | Cambodia | 73.2years |
| 168 | Turkmenistan | 72.8years |
| 169 | Philippines | 72.8years |
| 170 | Niue | 72.7years |
| 171 | Greenland | 72.4years |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | 72.0years |
| 173 | Nepal | 71.8years |
| 174 | Palau | 71.8years |
| 175 | Botswana | 71.7years |
| 176 | State of Palestine | 71.5years |
| 177 | Yemen | 71.4years |
| 178 | Namibia | 71.3years |
| 179 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 71.3years |
| 180 | Bolivia | 71.1years |
| 181 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 71.1years |
| 182 | Uganda | 71.1years |
| 183 | Gabon | 71.1years |
| 184 | Senegal | 70.8years |
| 185 | Ethiopia | 70.7years |
| 186 | Tuvalu | 70.7years |
| 187 | Eritrea | 70.7years |
| 188 | Malawi | 70.6years |
| 189 | Mauritania | 70.5years |
| 190 | Libya | 70.4years |
| 191 | Myanmar | 70.2years |
| 192 | Pakistan | 70.2years |
| 193 | Rwanda | 69.9years |
| 194 | United Republic of Tanzania | 69.8years |
| 195 | Sudan | 69.6years |
| 196 | South Africa | 69.6years |
| 197 | Timor-Leste | 69.4years |
| 198 | Fiji | 69.4years |
| 199 | Marshall Islands | 69.3years |
| 200 | Papua New Guinea | 69.1years |
| 201 | Comoros | 68.9years |
| 202 | Zambia | 68.7years |
| 203 | Djibouti | 68.5years |
| 204 | Haiti | 68.3years |
| 205 | Kiribati | 68.2years |
| 206 | Ghana | 67.9years |
| 207 | Afghanistan | 67.5years |
| 208 | Republic of The Gambia | 67.5years |
| 209 | Republic of the Congo | 67.5years |
| 210 | Angola | 67.1years |
| 211 | Eswatini | 67.0years |
| 212 | Mozambique | 66.5years |
| 213 | Guinea-Bissau | 66.4years |
| 214 | Cameroon | 65.9years |
| 215 | Kenya | 65.9years |
| 216 | Burundi | 65.7years |
| 217 | Equatorial Guinea | 65.7years |
| 218 | Madagascar | 65.4years |
| 219 | Zimbabwe | 65.0years |
| 220 | Cote d'Ivoire | 64.1years |
| 221 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 64.0years |
| 222 | Nauru | 64.0years |
| 223 | Sierra Leone | 63.5years |
| 224 | Liberia | 63.4years |
| 225 | Burkina Faso | 63.2years |
| 226 | Togo | 62.9years |
| 227 | Benin | 62.2years |
| 228 | Niger | 62.1years |
| 229 | Mali | 61.9years |
| 230 | Guinea | 61.9years |
| 231 | Somalia | 61.4years |
| 232 | South Sudan | 60.6years |
| 233 | Lesotho | 60.0years |
| 234 | Central African Republic | 59.3years |
| 235 | Chad | 57.0years |
| 236 | Nigeria | 54.7years |
Showing 236 of 236 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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