Life expectancy at age 60, female in Madagascar
Madagascar: Life expectancy at age 60, female was 18.01 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 60, female in Madagascar, 1960–2024
Source: 2022 World Population Prospects, United Nations Population Division: Retrieved August 31, 2023. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at age 60, female in Madagascar is 18.01 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 60, female in Madagascar peaked at 18.01 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13.83 years, in 1960.
Madagascar ranks 182nd 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.29 years | 13.83 years | 14.76 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 15.24 years | 14.92 years | 15.59 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.84 years | 15.59 years | 16.1 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.38 years | 16.09 years | 16.77 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 17.23 years | 16.82 years | 17.63 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.83 years | 17.7 years | 17.91 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.63 years | 17.26 years | 18.01 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 179 Kenya 18.09 years compare
- 180 Marshall Islands 18.03 years compare
- 181 Myanmar 18.02 years compare
- 183 East Timor 17.92 years compare
- 184 Guinea-Bissau 17.9 years compare
- 185 Angola 17.84 years compare
More gender data for Madagascar
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 483,299 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 498,396 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 473,008 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 486,670 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 464,238 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 477,488 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 456,251 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 468,776 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 448,474 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 460,439 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 60, female in Madagascar?
- Life expectancy at age 60, female in Madagascar was 18.01 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 18.01 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 60, female recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.83 years in 1960.
- How does Madagascar rank for life expectancy at age 60, female?
- Madagascar ranks 182nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at age 60, female rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.
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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.