Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Malawi

Male life expectancy in Malawi in 2024 — 64.27 years. Ranked 179 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 92.5%.

2024 64.27 years +0.31% vs 2023
World rank 179of 217
Period maximum 64.27 years2024
Period minimum 33.38 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Malawi, 1960–2024304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 33.38 years1962: 33.9 years1964: 34.13 years1966: 34.26 years1968: 34.54 years1970: 35.11 years1972: 36.18 years1974: 37.72 years1976: 39.31 years1978: 41.03 years1980: 42.29 years1982: 42.88 years1984: 42.87 years1986: 42.46 years1988: 41.95 years1990: 42.09 years1992: 42.29 years1994: 42.55 years1996: 42.73 years1998: 42.81 years2000: 44.59 years2002: 46.6 years2004: 49.36 years2006: 51.83 years2008: 53.94 years2010: 55.63 years2012: 57.35 years2014: 58.8 years2016: 60.12 years2018: 61.04 years2020: 61.68 years2022: 62.67 years2024: 64.27 years
Change over the period: +30.89 (+92.54%) Average annual rate: 1.03 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malawi 64.27 years
World 71.12 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 60.68 years
Eastern Africa computed 63.09 years
Low-income countries computed 62.79 years
Male life expectancy — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 64.27 +0.2 +0.31%
2023 64.07 +1.4 +2.24%
2022 62.67 +1.33 +2.16%
2021 61.34 −0.33 −0.54%
2020 61.68 +0.09 +0.15%
2019 61.58 +0.54 +0.89%
2018 61.04 +0.27 +0.45%
2017 60.77 +0.64 +1.07%
2016 60.12 +0.73 +1.22%
2015 59.4 +0.6 +1.03%
2014 58.8 +0.73 +1.26%
2013 58.07 +0.72 +1.26%
2012 57.35 +0.84 +1.48%
2011 56.51 +0.87 +1.57%
2010 55.63 +0.83 +1.52%
2009 54.8 +0.86 +1.6%
2008 53.94 +0.96 +1.81%
2007 52.98 +1.15 +2.21%
2006 51.83 +1.19 +2.34%
2005 50.65 +1.29 +2.61%
2004 49.36 +1.47 +3.07%
2003 47.89 +1.29 +2.77%
2002 46.6 +0.93 +2.03%
2001 45.67 +1.08 +2.42%
2000 44.59 +1.07 +2.47%
1999 43.52 +0.7 +1.65%
1998 42.81 −0 −0%
1997 42.82 +0.09 +0.2%
1996 42.73 +0.12 +0.28%
1995 42.61 +0.05 +0.13%
1994 42.55 +0.18 +0.42%
1993 42.37 +0.09 +0.21%
1992 42.29 +0.18 +0.44%
1991 42.1 +0.01 +0.02%
1990 42.09 +0.14 +0.33%
1989 41.95 −0 −0%
1988 41.95 −0.2 −0.47%
1987 42.15 −0.31 −0.73%
1986 42.46 −0.21 −0.49%
1985 42.67 −0.2 −0.47%
1984 42.87 −0.16 −0.36%
1983 43.03 +0.16 +0.36%
1982 42.88 +0.19 +0.44%
1981 42.69 +0.4 +0.95%
1980 42.29 +0.57 +1.38%
1979 41.71 +0.69 +1.67%
1978 41.03 +0.89 +2.21%
1977 40.14 +0.83 +2.11%
1976 39.31 +0.82 +2.13%
1975 38.49 +0.77 +2.03%
1974 37.72 +0.83 +2.26%
1973 36.89 +0.71 +1.97%
1972 36.18 +0.48 +1.34%
1971 35.7 +0.59 +1.68%
1970 35.11 +0.34 +0.99%
1969 34.77 +0.23 +0.67%
1968 34.54 +0.2 +0.58%
1967 34.34 +0.07 +0.22%
1966 34.26 +0.09 +0.25%
1965 34.18 +0.05 +0.15%
1964 34.13 +0.01 +0.02%
1963 34.12 +0.23 +0.67%
1962 33.9 +0.23 +0.68%
1961 33.67 +0.28 +0.85%
1960 33.38

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.