Finland vs Malta: Life expectancy at birth, female

Finland

85 years

in 2024

Malta

84.8 years

in 2024

Finland rank

24th

Malta rank

27th

Life expectancy at birth, female over time

Finland
Malta

How they compare

Finland currently reports 85 years against 84.8 years in Malta, a difference of 0.2 years.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Finland ahead.

Globally, Finland ranks 24th and Malta ranks 27th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Life expectancy at birth, female in Finland
Life expectancy at birth, female in Malta
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.