Botswana vs Malawi: Life expectancy at age 15

Botswana

79.91 years

in 2100

Malawi

79.63 years

in 2100

Botswana rank

188th

Malawi rank

191st

Life expectancy at age 15 over time

Botswana currently reports 79.91 years against 79.63 years in Malawi, a difference of 0.285 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 151 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Botswana ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 188th and Malawi ranks 191st of 236 countries.

Indicator: Life expectancy at age 15
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.