Life expectancy at birth, women in Switzerland
Life expectancy at birth for women in Switzerland was 86.2 years in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Switzerland, 2024
86.2
Change from 2023
+0.2%
World, 2024
76.0 years
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
84.3 years
Position in 2024
11th of 217
Life expectancy at birth, women in Switzerland 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.
| Period | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 86.2 years | 76.0 years |
| 2023 | 86.0 years | 75.8 years |
| 2022 | 85.5 years | 75.5 years |
| 2021 | 85.8 years | 73.7 years |
| 2020 | 85.1 years | 74.8 years |
| 2019 | 85.8 years | 75.3 years |
| 2018 | 85.7 years | 75.1 years |
| 2017 | 85.6 years | 74.9 years |
| 2016 | 85.6 years | 74.7 years |
| 2015 | 85.1 years | 74.5 years |
| 2014 | 85.4 years | 74.3 years |
| 2013 | 85.0 years | 74.0 years |
| 2012 | 84.9 years | 73.8 years |
| 2011 | 85.0 years | 73.5 years |
| 2010 | 84.5 years | 73.2 years |
| 2009 | 84.4 years | 72.9 years |
| 2008 | 84.4 years | 72.5 years |
| 2007 | 84.2 years | 72.3 years |
| 2006 | 84.0 years | 72.0 years |
| 2005 | 83.9 years | 71.6 years |
| 2004 | 83.7 years | 71.2 years |
| 2003 | 83.2 years | 71.0 years |
| 2002 | 83.1 years | 70.7 years |
| 2001 | 83.1 years | 70.4 years |
| 2000 | 82.6 years | 70.1 years |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2% from 86.0 years in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 85.4 years, the figure has changed by +0.9%.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Switzerland has the 11th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 76.0 years.
More for Switzerland
All statistics for Switzerland
Life expectancy at birth
84.4 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, men
82.7 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
84.2 years
2024 · Eurostat
Infant mortality rate
3.3 per 1,000 live births
2024 · Eurostat
Hospital beds
420b (Break in time series) per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Practising physicians
466 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat