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Life expectancy at birth in Faroe Islands

Life expectancy at birth in Faroe Islands was 83.1 years in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Life expectancy at birth (UN estimates) Unit: Years Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Faroe Islands, 2024 83.1 Years
Change from 2023 +0.2% 2023: 83.0 years
World, 2024 73.5 years Official aggregate
Position in 2024 20th of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth in Faroe Islands over time

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Years. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Life expectancy at birth (UN estimates) (years), 2000 to 2024
Period Faroe IslandsWorld
2024 83.1 years 73.5 years
2023 83.0 years 73.3 years
2022 82.8 years 73.0 years
2021 82.7 years 71.2 years
2020 82.5 years 72.2 years
2019 82.4 years 72.9 years
2018 82.2 years 72.6 years
2017 82.1 years 72.4 years
2016 82.0 years 72.2 years
2015 81.8 years 72.0 years
2014 81.6 years 71.8 years
2013 81.4 years 71.5 years
2012 81.1 years 71.3 years
2011 80.9 years 71.0 years
2010 80.6 years 70.7 years
2009 80.4 years 70.4 years
2008 80.1 years 70.0 years
2007 79.9 years 69.8 years
2006 79.7 years 69.5 years
2005 79.4 years 69.1 years
2004 79.2 years 68.8 years
2003 79.0 years 68.5 years
2002 78.8 years 68.2 years
2001 78.6 years 67.9 years
2000 78.4 years 67.7 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of +0.2% from 83.0 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 81.6 years, the figure has changed by +1.8%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Faroe Islands has the 20th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.5 years.

More for Faroe Islands

All statistics for Faroe Islands
Life expectancy at birth, women 84.9 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth, men 81.3 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy estimates and projections 80.2 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 18.3 years 2023 · UN Population Division Diabetes prevalence 5.3% 2024 · World Bank

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.LE00.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Faroe Islands
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects