Malta vs Spain: Life expectancy at birth, male

Malta

81.2 years

in 2024

Spain

81.4 years

in 2024

Malta rank

17th

Spain rank

14th

Life expectancy at birth, male over time

Malta
Spain

How they compare

Spain currently reports 81.4 years against 81.2 years in Malta, a difference of 0.2 years.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Spain ahead.

Globally, Malta ranks 17th and Spain ranks 14th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Life expectancy at birth, male in Malta
Life expectancy at birth, male in Spain
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy at birth, male (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.