# Female life expectancy at birth

Average number of years a newborn girl would live at current age-specific mortality.

## Key facts

- Female life expectancy at birth in the World was 75.8 years in 2023, according to the World Bank.
- Female life expectancy at birth in the United States was 81.1 years in 2023, according to the World Bank.
- Monaco had the highest female life expectancy at birth of 215 countries in 2023, at 88.5 years, and Nigeria the lowest, at 54.7 years. Source: the World Bank.
- Published for 216 places, with figures from 1960 to 2023.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-11.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy_female`
- Unit: years
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy-female
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/life_expectancy_female

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | years | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| World | 2023 | 75.8 | World Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, female, years (SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-11. |
| United States | 2023 | 81.1 | World Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, female, years (SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-11. |

## Rankings

- [Countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/life-expectancy-female/countries.md) (215 places)
- [EU countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/life-expectancy-female/eu-countries.md) (27 places)