Life expectancy at birth, female in Comoros

Comoros: Life expectancy at birth, female was 69.2 years in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
69.2 years
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
180th
of 215 countries
All-time high
69.2 years
in 2024
All-time low
42.65 years
in 1960
Years of data
65
1960–2024

Life expectancy at birth, female in Comoros, 1960–2024

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.

Analysis

Comoros recorded 69.2 years for life expectancy at birth, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in Comoros peaked at 69.2 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 42.65 years, in 1960.

That places Comoros 180th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 44.37 years 42.65 years 46.3 years 10
1970s 49.13 years 46.85 years 51.51 years 10
1980s 54.14 years 52.07 years 56.05 years 10
1990s 58.78 years 56.55 years 60.54 years 10
2000s 62.37 years 60.6 years 63.99 years 10
2010s 66.12 years 64.44 years 67.68 years 10
2020s 68.41 years 67.31 years 69.2 years 5

Countries ranked near Comoros

  1. 177 Fiji 69.54 years compare
  2. 178 Marshall Islands 69.48 years compare
  3. 179 Papua New Guinea 69.21 years compare
  4. 181 Zambia 68.87 years compare
  5. 182 Djibouti 68.74 years compare
  6. 183 Haiti 68.49 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at birth, female in Comoros?
Life expectancy at birth, female in Comoros was 69.2 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
What is the highest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Comoros?
The highest recorded value was 69.2 years in 2024.
What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Comoros?
The lowest recorded value was 42.65 years in 1960.
How does Comoros rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
Comoros ranks 180th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in Comoros?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Comoros data come from?
The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Life expectancy at birth, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,126 data points, 1960–2024
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Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.