Life expectancy at birth, women in World

Life expectancy at birth for women in the world was 76.0 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
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024 76.0 Years
Change from 2023 +0.2% 2023: 75.8 years
European Union, 2024 84.2 years Official aggregate

Life expectancy at birth, women in World 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 WorldEuropean Union
2024 76.0 years 84.2 years
2023 75.8 years 84.1 years
2022 75.5 years 83.4 years
2021 73.7 years 83.2 years
2020 74.8 years 83.3 years
2019 75.3 years 84.1 years
2018 75.1 years 83.9 years
2017 74.9 years 83.7 years
2016 74.7 years 83.9 years
2015 74.5 years 83.5 years
2014 74.3 years 83.9 years
2013 74.0 years 83.5 years
2012 73.8 years 83.2 years
2011 73.5 years 83.3 years
2010 73.2 years 82.8 years
2009 72.9 years 82.5 years
2008 72.5 years 82.3 years
2007 72.3 years 82.1 years
2006 72.0 years 81.9 years
2005 71.6 years 81.6 years
2004 71.2 years 81.4 years
2003 71.0 years 80.9 years
2002 70.7 years 80.9 years
2001 70.4 years 80.8 years
2000 70.1 years 80.5 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2% from 75.8 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 74.3 years, the figure has changed by +2.3%.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 84.2 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 World
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