Faroe Islands - Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in Faroe Islands was 85.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 85.50 in 2020 and a minimum value of 76.70 in 1973.

Definition: 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.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1973 76.70
1978 78.70
1986 78.80
1987 79.00
1988 79.30
1989 79.50
1990 79.70
1991 80.00
1992 80.20
1993 80.50
1994 80.70
1995 80.90
1996 81.00
1997 81.10
1998 81.10
1999 81.10
2000 81.10
2001 81.10
2002 81.20
2003 81.30
2004 81.50
2005 81.80
2006 82.20
2007 82.60
2008 82.80
2009 83.10
2010 83.30
2011 83.50
2012 83.70
2013 83.90
2014 84.00
2015 84.20
2016 84.50
2017 84.70
2018 84.90
2019 85.20
2020 85.50

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in Faroe Islands was 83.09 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 83.09 in 2020 and a minimum value of 74.50 in 1973.

Definition: 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.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision, or derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as: (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3)

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Year Value
1973 74.50
1978 75.99
1986 75.27
1987 75.47
1988 75.71
1989 75.91
1990 76.11
1991 76.36
1992 76.61
1993 76.91
1994 77.17
1995 77.37
1996 77.57
1997 77.82
1998 78.03
1999 78.23
2000 78.44
2001 78.64
2002 78.84
2003 78.94
2004 79.09
2005 79.29
2006 79.64
2007 79.99
2008 80.14
2009 80.39
2010 80.69
2011 80.94
2012 81.19
2013 81.44
2014 81.59
2015 81.79
2016 82.09
2017 82.29
2018 82.54
2019 82.79
2020 83.09

Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in Faroe Islands was 80.80 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 80.80 in 2020 and a minimum value of 71.90 in 1986.

Definition: 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.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

See also:

Year Value
1973 72.40
1978 73.40
1986 71.90
1987 72.10
1988 72.30
1989 72.50
1990 72.70
1991 72.90
1992 73.20
1993 73.50
1994 73.80
1995 74.00
1996 74.30
1997 74.70
1998 75.10
1999 75.50
2000 75.90
2001 76.30
2002 76.60
2003 76.70
2004 76.80
2005 76.90
2006 77.20
2007 77.50
2008 77.60
2009 77.80
2010 78.20
2011 78.50
2012 78.80
2013 79.10
2014 79.30
2015 79.50
2016 79.80
2017 80.00
2018 80.30
2019 80.50
2020 80.80

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality