Life expectancy at age 60, female in Nepal

Nepal: Life expectancy at age 60, female was 18.38 years in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
18.38 years
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
170th
of 215 countries
All-time high
18.38 years
in 2024
All-time low
13.84 years
in 1960
Years of data
65
1960–2024

Life expectancy at age 60, female in Nepal, 1960–2024

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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 Nepal is 18.38 years, measured 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 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 60, female in Nepal peaked at 18.38 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13.84 years, in 1960.

Nepal ranks 170th 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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 13.96 years 13.84 years 14.19 years 10
1970s 14.47 years 14.22 years 14.79 years 10
1980s 15.05 years 14.82 years 15.49 years 10
1990s 16.4 years 15.61 years 16.92 years 10
2000s 17.44 years 16.99 years 17.67 years 10
2010s 17.72 years 17.58 years 17.98 years 10
2020s 17.98 years 17.19 years 18.38 years 5

Countries ranked near Nepal

  1. 167 Libya 18.55 years compare
  2. 168 Yemen 18.53 years compare
  3. 169 Laos 18.44 years compare
  4. 171 Ghana 18.33 years compare
  5. 172 Eswatini 18.3 years compare
  6. 173 Mauritania 18.26 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at age 60, female in Nepal?
Life expectancy at age 60, female in Nepal was 18.38 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 Nepal?
The highest recorded value was 18.38 years in 2024.
What is the lowest life expectancy at age 60, female recorded in Nepal?
The lowest recorded value was 13.84 years in 1960.
How does Nepal rank for life expectancy at age 60, female?
Nepal ranks 170th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
Is life expectancy at age 60, female rising or falling in Nepal?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Nepal 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

Indicator
Life expectancy at age 60, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
2022 World Population Prospects, United Nations Population Division: Retrieved August 31, 2023
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
215 places, 13,975 data points, 1960–2024
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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.