Eritrea vs Malawi: Life expectancy at birth, female

Eritrea

70.94 years

in 2024

Malawi

70.77 years

in 2024

Eritrea rank

166th

Malawi rank

168th

Life expectancy at birth, female over time

Eritrea
Malawi

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 70.94 years against 70.77 years in Malawi, a difference of 0.171 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Eritrea ahead.

Globally, Eritrea ranks 166th and Malawi ranks 168th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Life expectancy at birth, female in Eritrea
Life expectancy at birth, female in Malawi
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Unit: years
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,126 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.