Life expectancy at birth, total in Maldives
Maldives: Life expectancy at birth, total was 81.28 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Maldives, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 81.28 years for life expectancy at birth, total in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Maldives peaked at 81.28 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 38.24 years, in 1960.
Maldives ranks 44th of 215 countries on this measure, 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 | 40.65 years | 38.24 years | 43.65 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 48.9 years | 44.52 years | 53.87 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 58.69 years | 54.82 years | 62.38 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 66.6 years | 63.15 years | 70.16 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.93 years | 70.89 years | 76.37 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.33 years | 76.76 years | 79.71 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.97 years | 78.05 years | 81.28 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 41 Bahrain 81.42 years compare
- 42 United Kingdom 81.39 years compare
- 43 Chile 81.36 years compare
- 45 Isle of Man 81.09 years compare
- 46 Costa Rica 81 years compare
- 47 Germany 80.79 years compare
More health data for Maldives
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 3,236 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 2,810 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 3,403 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 3,008 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 3,716 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 25.0% (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 3,441 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 3,583 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 4,227 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 3,184 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Maldives?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Maldives was 81.28 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 81.28 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.24 years in 1960.
- How does Maldives rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Maldives ranks 44th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Life expectancy at birth, total (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.