Life expectancy at birth, women in North Korea

Life expectancy at birth for women in North Korea was 75.9 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
North Korea, 2024 75.9 Years
Change from 2023 +0.2% 2023: 75.7 years
World, 2024 76.0 years Official aggregate
Position in 2024 130th of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth, women in North Korea 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 North KoreaWorld
2024 75.9 years 76.0 years
2023 75.7 years 75.8 years
2022 75.7 years 75.5 years
2021 75.5 years 73.7 years
2020 75.7 years 74.8 years
2019 75.9 years 75.3 years
2018 75.6 years 75.1 years
2017 75.5 years 74.9 years
2016 75.2 years 74.7 years
2015 75.0 years 74.5 years
2014 74.7 years 74.3 years
2013 74.3 years 74.0 years
2012 73.9 years 73.8 years
2011 73.6 years 73.5 years
2010 73.3 years 73.2 years
2009 73.0 years 72.9 years
2008 72.8 years 72.5 years
2007 72.6 years 72.3 years
2006 72.7 years 72.0 years
2005 72.8 years 71.6 years
2004 72.9 years 71.2 years
2003 73.0 years 71.0 years
2002 63.9 years 70.7 years
2001 63.9 years 70.4 years
2000 63.9 years 70.1 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2% from 75.7 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 74.7 years, the figure has changed by +1.6%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, North Korea has the 130th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 76.0 years.

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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 North Korea
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