Life expectancy at birth, female in Netherlands
Netherlands: Life expectancy at birth, female was 83.4 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, female in Netherlands, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, female in Netherlands is 83.4 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in Netherlands peaked at 83.7 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 75.38 years, in 1960.
Netherlands ranks 44th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76.05 years | 75.38 years | 76.57 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 77.64 years | 76.5 years | 78.92 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 79.66 years | 79.18 years | 80.24 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 80.33 years | 80 years | 80.7 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.51 years | 80.6 years | 82.7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.24 years | 82.7 years | 83.7 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.2 years | 83 years | 83.4 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
- 42 Costa Rica 83.58 years compare
- 43 Qatar 83.48 years compare
- 45 United Kingdom 83.33 years compare
- 46 Chile 83.23 years compare
- 47 Isle of Man 83.2 years compare
More health data for Netherlands
- Population ages 0-14, total 2.70 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 1.38 million (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 111,680 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 107,926 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 15.4% (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 107,823 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 104,123 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 103,595 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 90,054 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 2.01 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, female in Netherlands?
- Life expectancy at birth, female in Netherlands was 83.4 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 83.7 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.38 years in 1960.
- How does Netherlands rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
- Netherlands ranks 44th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands 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
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.