What is life expectancy in Malta?

Life expectancy in Malta was 83.3 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 Malta?

The highest recorded value was 83.3 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Malta?

The lowest recorded value was 63.47 years in 1950.

How does Malta rank for life expectancy?

Malta ranks 19th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Malta?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Malta 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.

Life expectancy in Malta

Name: Life expectancy in Malta
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Malta: Life expectancy was 83.3 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

83.3 years

Change on year

up 1.3%

World rank

19th

of 236 countries

All-time high

83.3 years

in 2023

All-time low

63.47 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Malta, 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

Malta recorded 83.3 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Malta peaked at 83.3 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 63.47 years, in 1950.

That places Malta 19th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	65.75 years	63.47 years	68.37 years	10
1960s	69.36 years	68.42 years	70.06 years	10
1970s	71.59 years	70.14 years	72.5 years	10
1980s	73.96 years	72.32 years	76.17 years	10
1990s	76.93 years	76.16 years	77.8 years	10
2000s	79.2 years	77.9 years	80.42 years	10
2010s	82.15 years	80.8 years	83.09 years	10
2020s	82.55 years	82.25 years	83.3 years	4

Countries ranked near Malta

16 Reunion 83.55 years compare
17 France 83.33 years compare
18 Norway 83.31 years compare
20 Guernsey 83.27 years compare
21 Sweden 83.26 years compare
22 Macao 83.07 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Malta

Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 2,314 (2025)
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)

All data for Malta →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Malta?: Life expectancy in Malta was 83.3 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 Malta?: The highest recorded value was 83.3 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Malta?: The lowest recorded value was 63.47 years in 1950.
How does Malta rank for life expectancy?: Malta ranks 19th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Malta?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malta 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

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.