Life expectancy at age 15 in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Life expectancy at age 15 was 91.49 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Faroe Islands, 1950–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2100, life expectancy at age 15 in Faroe Islands stood at 91.49 years. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Faroe Islands peaked at 91.49 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 67.55 years, in 1950.
Faroe Islands ranks 35th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 70.81 years | 67.55 years | 74.31 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 75.72 years | 74.75 years | 76.35 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 76.65 years | 76.43 years | 76.87 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 77.23 years | 76.94 years | 77.74 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 78.5 years | 77.9 years | 79.02 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.2 years | 79.1 years | 79.38 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.09 years | 79.49 years | 80.61 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.09 years | 79.96 years | 81.95 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 82.92 years | 82.14 years | 83.67 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 84.52 years | 83.82 years | 85.19 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 85.95 years | 85.33 years | 86.55 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 87.28 years | 86.69 years | 87.85 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 88.52 years | 87.97 years | 89.07 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 89.7 years | 89.18 years | 90.21 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 90.85 years | 90.33 years | 91.37 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 91.49 years | 91.49 years | 91.49 years | 1 |
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More health data for Faroe Islands
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 384 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 387 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 346 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 392 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 363 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 384 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 18.9% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 5,032 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 346 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 379 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Faroe Islands?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Faroe Islands was 91.49 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 91.49 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.55 years in 1950.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Faroe Islands ranks 35th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Faroe Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.