Life expectancy at birth, women in OECD members

Life expectancy at birth for women in OECD member countries was 83.0 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
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2024 83.0 Years
Change from 2023 +0.2% 2023: 82.8 years
World, 2024 76.0 years Official aggregate

Life expectancy at birth, women in OECD members 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 OECD membersWorld
2024 83.0 years 76.0 years
2023 82.8 years 75.8 years
2022 82.3 years 75.5 years
2021 81.5 years 73.7 years
2020 81.9 years 74.8 years
2019 83.0 years 75.3 years
2018 82.7 years 75.1 years
2017 82.6 years 74.9 years
2016 82.6 years 74.7 years
2015 82.5 years 74.5 years
2014 82.6 years 74.3 years
2013 82.4 years 74.0 years
2012 82.2 years 73.8 years
2011 82.1 years 73.5 years
2010 81.9 years 73.2 years
2009 81.7 years 72.9 years
2008 81.5 years 72.5 years
2007 81.4 years 72.3 years
2006 81.2 years 72.0 years
2005 80.9 years 71.6 years
2004 80.8 years 71.2 years
2003 80.4 years 71.0 years
2002 80.3 years 70.7 years
2001 80.2 years 70.4 years
2000 79.9 years 70.1 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2% from 82.8 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 82.6 years, the figure has changed by +0.5%.
  • 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 OECD members
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