Life expectancy at birth, female in Malta
Malta: Life expectancy at birth, female was 84.8 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, female in Malta, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.
Analysis
Malta recorded 84.8 years for life expectancy at birth, female in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in Malta peaked at 85.2 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 70.19 years, in 1960.
That places Malta 27th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71.22 years | 70.19 years | 72.13 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 73.69 years | 72.53 years | 74.57 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 76.01 years | 74.24 years | 78.2 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 79.39 years | 78.25 years | 80.3 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.56 years | 80.5 years | 82.7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.94 years | 83 years | 84.5 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.56 years | 84 years | 85.2 years | 5 |
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- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 2,200 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 2,458 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 64.1% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 2,233 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 2,466 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 74,777 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 38,781 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 12.9% (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 2,441 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, female in Malta?
- Life expectancy at birth, female in Malta was 84.8 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 85.2 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.19 years in 1960.
- How does Malta rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
- Malta ranks 27th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Life expectancy at birth, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.