# Life expectancy at birth, women: Sweden

> Life expectancy at birth, women in Sweden was 85.6 years (2025).

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 85.6 years |
| Period | 2025 (2025) |
| Change vs a year earlier | +0.2 % |
| Frequency | year |

## Definition

Observed expectation of life at birth for women, in years (period life table).

## Recent periods

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 85.5 |
| 2024 | 85.3 |
| 2023 | 84.9 |
| 2022 | 84.7 |
| 2021 | 84.8 |
| 2020 | 84.3 |
| 2019 | 84.7 |
| 2018 | 84.2 |
| 2017 | 84.1 |
| 2016 | 84.1 |
| 2015 | 84.0 |
| 2014 | 84.0 |

## Checks

Status: verified, 2026-10-31
- ok: range: latest 2025 = 85.55, allowed 75..90
- ok: fresh: latest 2025 ends 304 days ago, max 600

## Source and use

Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB2542, processed by SwedenMetrics.

Data licence: CC0. Feel free to cite with a link to the page.

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