Life expectancy at age 15 in Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands: Life expectancy at age 15 was 91.49 years in 2100. ▲ Rising

Latest (2100)
91.49 years
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
35th
of 236 countries
All-time high
91.49 years
in 2100
All-time low
67.55 years
in 1950
Years of data
151
1950–2100

Life expectancy at age 15 in Faroe Islands, 1950–2100

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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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Faroe Islands

  1. 32 Austria 91.6 years compare
  2. 32 Netherlands 91.6 years compare
  3. 34 Belgium 91.5 years compare
  4. 36 Greece 91.45 years compare
  5. 37 Cyprus 91.44 years compare
  6. 38 Chile 91.43 years compare

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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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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at age 15
Unit
years
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
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