Life expectancy at birth, women in South Asia

Life expectancy at birth for women in South Asia was 74.2 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
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024 74.2 Years
Change from 2023 +0.4% 2023: 74.0 years
World, 2024 76.0 years Official aggregate

Life expectancy at birth, women in South Asia 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 South AsiaWorld
2024 74.2 years 76.0 years
2023 74.0 years 75.8 years
2022 73.6 years 75.5 years
2021 69.4 years 73.7 years
2020 72.2 years 74.8 years
2019 72.6 years 75.3 years
2018 72.3 years 75.1 years
2017 71.9 years 74.9 years
2016 71.6 years 74.7 years
2015 71.2 years 74.5 years
2014 70.8 years 74.3 years
2013 70.4 years 74.0 years
2012 70.0 years 73.8 years
2011 69.5 years 73.5 years
2010 69.0 years 73.2 years
2009 68.5 years 72.9 years
2008 68.1 years 72.5 years
2007 67.6 years 72.3 years
2006 67.1 years 72.0 years
2005 66.6 years 71.6 years
2004 66.0 years 71.2 years
2003 65.6 years 71.0 years
2002 65.0 years 70.7 years
2001 64.4 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 +0.4% from 74.0 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 70.8 years, the figure has changed by +4.8%.
  • 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 South Asia
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