Life expectancy at birth, women in Somalia, Fed. Rep.

Life expectancy at birth for women in Somalia, Fed. Rep. was 61.6 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
Somalia, Fed. Rep., 2024 61.6 Years
Change from 2023 +0.3% 2023: 61.4 years
World, 2024 76.0 years Official aggregate
Position in 2024 212th of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth, women in Somalia, Fed. Rep. 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 Somalia, Fed. Rep.World
2024 61.6 years 76.0 years
2023 61.4 years 75.8 years
2022 56.2 years 75.5 years
2021 57.8 years 73.7 years
2020 59.2 years 74.8 years
2019 59.3 years 75.3 years
2018 56.9 years 75.1 years
2017 54.3 years 74.9 years
2016 57.6 years 74.7 years
2015 57.1 years 74.5 years
2014 56.6 years 74.3 years
2013 56.0 years 74.0 years
2012 51.0 years 73.8 years
2011 33.7 years 73.5 years
2010 50.8 years 73.2 years
2009 53.7 years 72.9 years
2008 53.2 years 72.5 years
2007 52.6 years 72.3 years
2006 52.6 years 72.0 years
2005 52.4 years 71.6 years
2004 52.2 years 71.2 years
2003 52.2 years 71.0 years
2002 52.3 years 70.7 years
2001 52.3 years 70.4 years
2000 52.2 years 70.1 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3% from 61.4 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 56.6 years, the figure has changed by +8.8%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Somalia, Fed. Rep. has the 212th 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 Somalia, Fed. Rep.
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