Life expectancy at age 60, female in Gambia
Gambia: Life expectancy at age 60, female was 18.26 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 60, female in Gambia, 1960–2024
Source: 2022 World Population Prospects, United Nations Population Division: Retrieved August 31, 2023. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, life expectancy at age 60, female in Gambia stood at 18.26 years. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 60, female in Gambia peaked at 18.26 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13.22 years, in 1960.
Gambia ranks 174th of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Life expectancy at age 60, female in Gambia, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 13.22 years | — |
| 1961 | 13.29 years | +0.5% |
| 1962 | 13.39 years | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 13.46 years | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 13.53 years | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 13.6 years | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 13.67 years | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 13.75 years | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 13.8 years | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 13.86 years | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 13.96 years | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 14.04 years | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 14.1 years | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 14.2 years | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 14.27 years | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 14.37 years | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 14.51 years | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 14.58 years | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 14.6 years | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 14.8 years | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 14.79 years | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 14.89 years | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 15.01 years | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 15.15 years | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 15.25 years | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 15.34 years | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 15.45 years | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 15.55 years | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 15.72 years | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 15.79 years | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 15.86 years | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 15.96 years | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 16.1 years | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 16.27 years | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 16.37 years | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 16.48 years | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 16.58 years | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 16.64 years | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 16.82 years | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 16.86 years | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 16.88 years | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 16.88 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 16.89 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 16.93 years | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 16.98 years | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 17 years | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 17.07 years | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 17.06 years | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 17.1 years | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 17.12 years | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 17.19 years | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 17.24 years | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 17.29 years | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 17.34 years | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 17.38 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 17.47 years | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 17.61 years | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 17.67 years | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 17.75 years | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 17.83 years | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 17.59 years | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 17.2 years | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 17.71 years | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 18.23 years | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 18.26 years | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.56 years | 13.22 years | 13.86 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 14.34 years | 13.96 years | 14.8 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.29 years | 14.79 years | 15.79 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.39 years | 15.86 years | 16.86 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.99 years | 16.88 years | 17.12 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.48 years | 17.19 years | 17.83 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.8 years | 17.2 years | 18.26 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More gender data for Gambia
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 1,149 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.4019 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 39,680 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 40,675 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 39,327 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 40,247 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 38,827 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 39,719 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 38,224 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 39,069 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 60, female in Gambia?
- Life expectancy at age 60, female in Gambia was 18.26 years in 2024, according to 2022 World Population Prospects, United Nations Population Division: Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- What is the highest life expectancy at age 60, female recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 18.26 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 60, female recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.22 years in 1960.
- How does Gambia rank for life expectancy at age 60, female?
- Gambia ranks 174th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at age 60, female rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from 2022 World Population Prospects, United Nations Population Division: Retrieved August 31, 2023, published as part of Life expectancy at age 60, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 65 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Life expectancy at age 60, female is the average number of years that a female at age 60 would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of age 60 were to stay the same throughout her life.