Malawi vs Pakistan: Life expectancy

Malawi

67.35 years

in 2023

Pakistan

67.65 years

in 2023

Malawi rank

189th

Pakistan rank

187th

Life expectancy over time

Malawi
Pakistan

How they compare

Pakistan currently reports 67.65 years against 67.35 years in Malawi, a difference of 0.2955 years.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Pakistan has been ahead every year.

Globally, Malawi ranks 189th and Pakistan ranks 187th of 236 countries.

Individual pages

Life expectancy in Malawi
Life expectancy in Pakistan
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.