Life expectancy in Maldives
Maldives: Life expectancy was 81.04 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Maldives, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy in Maldives is 81.04 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Maldives peaked at 81.04 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 36.49 years, in 1950.
Maldives ranks 49th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 37.14 years | 36.49 years | 37.89 years | 10 |
| 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 | 79.64 years | 78.05 years | 81.04 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 46 United Kingdom 81.3 years compare
- 47 Bahrain 81.28 years compare
- 48 Chile 81.17 years compare
- 50 Isle of Man 81 years compare
- 51 Costa Rica 80.8 years compare
- 52 Taiwan 80.56 years compare
More health data for Maldives
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 3,644 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 3,583 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 4,323 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 3,653 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 100,832 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 16.3% (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 4,311 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 23.4% (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 4,063 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 3,578 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Maldives?
- Life expectancy in Maldives was 81.04 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 81.04 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.49 years in 1950.
- How does Maldives rank for life expectancy?
- Maldives ranks 49th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.