Ireland vs Malta: Life expectancy at birth, female

Ireland

84.7 years

in 2024

Malta

84.8 years

in 2024

Ireland rank

29th

Malta rank

27th

Life expectancy at birth, female over time

Ireland
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 84.8 years against 84.7 years in Ireland, a difference of 0.1 years.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ireland ahead.

Globally, Ireland ranks 29th and Malta ranks 27th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Life expectancy at birth, female in Ireland
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.