Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Faroe Islands

Male life expectancy in the Faroe Islands in 2024 — 81.34 years. Ranked 16 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 16.9%.

2024 81.34 years +0.24% vs 2023
World rank 16of 217
Period maximum 81.34 years2024
Period minimum 69.59 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Faroe Islands, 1960–2024657075808519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 69.59 years1962: 70.57 years1964: 71.15 years1966: 71.6 years1968: 72.04 years1970: 72.4 years1972: 72.61 years1974: 72.81 years1976: 73.11 years1978: 73.42 years1980: 73.55 years1982: 73.44 years1984: 73.29 years1986: 71.68 years1988: 72.19 years1990: 72.7 years1992: 73.22 years1994: 73.77 years1996: 74.43 years1998: 75.11 years2000: 75.73 years2002: 76.26 years2004: 76.81 years2006: 77.35 years2008: 77.76 years2010: 78.18 years2012: 78.73 years2014: 79.3 years2016: 79.74 years2018: 80.13 years2020: 80.54 years2022: 80.94 years2024: 81.34 years
Change over the period: +11.75 (+16.89%) Average annual rate: 0.24 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands 81.34 years
World 71.12 years
Europe & Central Asia 75.57 years
Northern Europe computed 79.76 years
High-income countries computed 77.79 years
Male life expectancy — Faroe Islands, by year Faroe Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 81.34 +0.2 +0.24%
2023 81.14 +0.2 +0.25%
2022 80.94 +0.2 +0.25%
2021 80.74 +0.2 +0.25%
2020 80.54 +0.2 +0.25%
2019 80.33 +0.2 +0.25%
2018 80.13 +0.2 +0.25%
2017 79.93 +0.19 +0.24%
2016 79.74 +0.2 +0.25%
2015 79.54 +0.24 +0.3%
2014 79.3 +0.27 +0.35%
2013 79.03 +0.29 +0.37%
2012 78.73 +0.29 +0.37%
2011 78.44 +0.27 +0.34%
2010 78.18 +0.23 +0.29%
2009 77.95 +0.19 +0.25%
2008 77.76 +0.19 +0.24%
2007 77.57 +0.22 +0.29%
2006 77.35 +0.26 +0.34%
2005 77.09 +0.28 +0.37%
2004 76.81 +0.28 +0.36%
2003 76.53 +0.27 +0.35%
2002 76.26 +0.26 +0.34%
2001 76 +0.27 +0.36%
2000 75.73 +0.3 +0.4%
1999 75.43 +0.32 +0.42%
1998 75.11 +0.33 +0.44%
1997 74.78 +0.35 +0.47%
1996 74.43 +0.35 +0.47%
1995 74.08 +0.31 +0.42%
1994 73.77 +0.28 +0.38%
1993 73.49 +0.27 +0.36%
1992 73.22 +0.26 +0.36%
1991 72.96 +0.26 +0.35%
1990 72.7 +0.26 +0.35%
1989 72.45 +0.26 +0.36%
1988 72.19 +0.26 +0.36%
1987 71.94 +0.25 +0.35%
1986 71.68 −1.6 −2.19%
1985 73.29 −0.01 −0.01%
1984 73.29 −0.06 −0.08%
1983 73.35 −0.09 −0.12%
1982 73.44 −0.08 −0.1%
1981 73.51 −0.04 −0.05%
1980 73.55 +0.03 +0.04%
1979 73.51 +0.09 +0.13%
1978 73.42 +0.15 +0.2%
1977 73.27 +0.17 +0.23%
1976 73.11 +0.17 +0.23%
1975 72.94 +0.13 +0.18%
1974 72.81 +0.09 +0.13%
1973 72.72 +0.11 +0.15%
1972 72.61 +0.07 +0.09%
1971 72.54 +0.14 +0.2%
1970 72.4 +0.16 +0.22%
1969 72.24 +0.2 +0.27%
1968 72.04 +0.22 +0.3%
1967 71.82 +0.22 +0.31%
1966 71.6 +0.22 +0.31%
1965 71.39 +0.23 +0.33%
1964 71.15 +0.26 +0.37%
1963 70.89 +0.32 +0.46%
1962 70.57 +0.41 +0.58%
1961 70.16 +0.57 +0.82%
1960 69.59

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth for men. Men live shorter lives than women in practically every country in the world, and this is one of the most stable differences in all of demography — but the size of the gap varies severalfold: from two or three years in South Asia to ten and more in Eastern Europe, where excess male mortality at working ages is especially large.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by the male population rather than by the whole population: the share of men across countries ranges from 48 to 70 percent, and in countries with heavy labor migration the difference is substantial.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.