Life expectancy at age 60, female in Nepal
Nepal: Life expectancy at age 60, female was 18.38 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 60, female in Nepal, 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 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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More gender data for Nepal
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 264,089 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 273,367 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 265,882 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 274,092 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 268,570 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 277,470 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 269,376 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 278,739 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 268,202 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 278,096 (2025)
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
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.