Life expectancy at age 15 in Greenland
Greenland: Life expectancy at age 15 was 80.2 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Greenland, 1950–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Greenland recorded 80.2 years for life expectancy at age 15 in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Greenland peaked at 80.2 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 54.32 years, in 1950.
Greenland ranks 185th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 59.7 years | 54.32 years | 65.91 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 67.88 years | 66.77 years | 68.66 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 67.24 years | 66.58 years | 68.44 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 67.09 years | 66.89 years | 67.16 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 67.69 years | 67.23 years | 68.12 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 69.77 years | 68.45 years | 70.35 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.48 years | 70.34 years | 71.96 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.91 years | 71.69 years | 72.24 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 72.75 years | 72.32 years | 73.17 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 73.75 years | 73.27 years | 74.24 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 74.85 years | 74.36 years | 75.36 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 75.99 years | 75.47 years | 76.52 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 77.16 years | 76.63 years | 77.68 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 78.33 years | 77.8 years | 78.87 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 79.53 years | 78.99 years | 80.07 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 80.2 years | 80.2 years | 80.2 years | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Greenland?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Greenland was 80.2 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 Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 80.2 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.32 years in 1950.
- How does Greenland rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Greenland ranks 185th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greenland 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.