What is life expectancy at age 15 in Malawi?

Life expectancy at age 15 in Malawi was 79.63 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Malawi?

The highest recorded value was 79.63 years in 2100.

What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Malawi?

The lowest recorded value was 56.39 years in 1998.

How does Malawi rank for life expectancy at age 15?

Malawi ranks 191st out of 236 countries with data for 2100.

Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Malawi?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Malawi data come from?

The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy at age 15 in Malawi

Name: Life expectancy at age 15 in Malawi
Creator: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Malawi: Life expectancy at age 15 was 79.63 years in 2100. ▲ Rising

Latest (2100)

79.63 years

Change on year

up 0.2%

World rank

191st

of 236 countries

All-time high

79.63 years

in 2100

All-time low

56.39 years

in 1998

Years of data

151

1950–2100

Life expectancy at age 15 in Malawi, 1950–2100

Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Malawi recorded 79.63 years for life expectancy at age 15 in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Malawi peaked at 79.63 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 56.39 years, in 1998.

Malawi ranks 191st of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	58.59 years	58.11 years	59.41 years	10
1960s	59.73 years	59.54 years	60.05 years	10
1970s	61.03 years	59.65 years	62.75 years	10
1980s	62.09 years	60.37 years	62.98 years	10
1990s	57.95 years	56.39 years	60.01 years	10
2000s	59.84 years	57.13 years	62.96 years	10
2010s	66.38 years	63.7 years	68.6 years	10
2020s	70.25 years	68.02 years	71.29 years	10
2030s	71.88 years	71.41 years	72.37 years	10
2040s	72.94 years	72.48 years	73.41 years	10
2050s	74.01 years	73.52 years	74.51 years	10
2060s	75.19 years	74.63 years	75.73 years	10
2070s	76.41 years	75.86 years	76.96 years	10
2080s	77.66 years	77.09 years	78.23 years	10
2090s	78.93 years	78.36 years	79.5 years	10
2100s	79.63 years	79.63 years	79.63 years	1

Countries ranked near Malawi

188 Botswana 79.91 years compare
189 Myanmar 79.75 years compare
190 Yemen 79.65 years compare
192 Djibouti 79.34 years compare
193 Palau 79.17 years compare
194 Pakistan 79.09 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at age 15 in Malawi?: Life expectancy at age 15 in Malawi was 79.63 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Malawi?: The highest recorded value was 79.63 years in 2100.
What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Malawi?: The lowest recorded value was 56.39 years in 1998.
How does Malawi rank for life expectancy at age 15?: Malawi ranks 191st out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Malawi?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malawi data come from?: The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy at age 15
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.