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Life expectancy at birth, women / Sweden
Observed expectation of life at birth for women, in years (period life table).
Latest published
Life expectancy at birth, women in Sweden was 85.6 years (2025).
0.23 %
Compared with a year earlier
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Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB2542, processed by SwedenMetrics.
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Observed expectation of life at birth for women, in years (period life table).
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Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB2542, processed by SwedenMetrics.
The figures behind the chart
| Period | years |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 85.55 |
| 2024 | 85.35 |
| 2023 | 84.9 |
| 2022 | 84.73 |
| 2021 | 84.82 |
| 2020 | 84.29 |
| 2019 | 84.73 |
| 2018 | 84.25 |
| 2017 | 84.1 |
| 2016 | 84.09 |
| 2015 | 84.01 |
| 2014 | 84.05 |
Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB2542, processed by SwedenMetrics.