Life expectancy at birth, women in Mexico

Life expectancy at birth for women in Mexico was 78.0 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
Mexico, 2024 78.0 Years
Change from 2023 +0.2% 2023: 77.8 years
World, 2024 76.0 years Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 84.3 years Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 109th of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth, women in Mexico 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 MexicoWorld
2024 78.0 years 76.0 years
2023 77.8 years 75.8 years
2022 77.0 years 75.5 years
2021 73.4 years 73.7 years
2020 74.1 years 74.8 years
2019 77.4 years 75.3 years
2018 77.1 years 75.1 years
2017 77.0 years 74.9 years
2016 77.0 years 74.7 years
2015 76.9 years 74.5 years
2014 76.9 years 74.3 years
2013 76.8 years 74.0 years
2012 76.7 years 73.8 years
2011 76.5 years 73.5 years
2010 76.3 years 73.2 years
2009 76.1 years 72.9 years
2008 76.1 years 72.5 years
2007 76.1 years 72.3 years
2006 76.0 years 72.0 years
2005 75.9 years 71.6 years
2004 75.7 years 71.2 years
2003 75.5 years 71.0 years
2002 75.4 years 70.7 years
2001 75.2 years 70.4 years
2000 75.0 years 70.1 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2% from 77.8 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 76.9 years, the figure has changed by +1.4%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Mexico has the 109th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 76.0 years.

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 Mexico
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