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Life expectancy at birth, women in Faroe Islands

Life expectancy at birth for women in Faroe Islands was 84.9 years in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Life expectancy at birth, women Unit: Years Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Faroe Islands, 2024 84.9 Years
Change from 2023 +0.1% 2023: 84.9 years
World, 2024 76.0 years Official aggregate
Position in 2024 26th of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth, women 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, women (years), 2000 to 2024
Period Faroe IslandsWorld
2024 84.9 years 76.0 years
2023 84.9 years 75.8 years
2022 84.8 years 75.5 years
2021 84.7 years 73.7 years
2020 84.6 years 74.8 years
2019 84.6 years 75.3 years
2018 84.5 years 75.1 years
2017 84.4 years 74.9 years
2016 84.3 years 74.7 years
2015 84.2 years 74.5 years
2014 84.0 years 74.3 years
2013 83.8 years 74.0 years
2012 83.6 years 73.8 years
2011 83.4 years 73.5 years
2010 83.2 years 73.2 years
2009 82.9 years 72.9 years
2008 82.7 years 72.5 years
2007 82.4 years 72.3 years
2006 82.1 years 72.0 years
2005 81.9 years 71.6 years
2004 81.7 years 71.2 years
2003 81.6 years 71.0 years
2002 81.4 years 70.7 years
2001 81.3 years 70.4 years
2000 81.2 years 70.1 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of +0.1% from 84.9 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 84.0 years, the figure has changed by +1.1%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Faroe Islands has the 26th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 76.0 years.

More for Faroe Islands

All statistics for Faroe Islands
Life expectancy at birth 83.1 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.FE.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