What is life expectancy in Myanmar?

Life expectancy in Myanmar was 66.89 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 Myanmar?

The highest recorded value was 66.89 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Myanmar?

The lowest recorded value was 30.8 years in 1926.

How does Myanmar rank for life expectancy?

Myanmar ranks 196th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Myanmar?

Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Myanmar 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 Myanmar

Name: Life expectancy in Myanmar
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)

Myanmar: Life expectancy was 66.89 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

66.89 years

Change on year

up 0.6%

World rank

196th

of 236 countries

All-time high

66.89 years

in 2023

All-time low

30.8 years

in 1926

Years of data

1926–2023

Life expectancy in Myanmar, 1926–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, life expectancy in Myanmar stood at 66.89 years. That is the highest value across all 75 years on record.

The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Myanmar peaked at 66.89 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 30.8 years, in 1926.

Myanmar ranks 196th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 75 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1920s	30.8 years	30.8 years	30.8 years	1
1950s	39.8 years	35.7 years	43.41 years	10
1960s	47.04 years	44.09 years	50.02 years	10
1970s	52.3 years	50.47 years	54.03 years	10
1980s	55.67 years	54.37 years	56.89 years	10
1990s	58.6 years	57.16 years	60.11 years	10
2000s	61.01 years	56.36 years	63.1 years	10
2010s	65.07 years	63.48 years	66.46 years	10
2020s	66.39 years	65.55 years	66.89 years	4

Countries ranked near Myanmar

193 Tuvalu 67.1 years compare
194 Tanzania 67 years compare
195 Marshall Islands 66.95 years compare
197 Comoros 66.78 years compare
198 Kiribati 66.47 years compare
199 Zambia 66.35 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Myanmar

Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 435,551 (2025)
Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 449,682 (2025)
Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 431,940 (2025)
Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 446,842 (2025)
Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 461,090 (2025)
Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 428,532 (2025)
Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 428,077 (2025)
Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 446,872 (2025)
Age dependency ratio, young 35.2% (2025)
Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 459,162 (2025)

All data for Myanmar →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Myanmar?: Life expectancy in Myanmar was 66.89 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 Myanmar?: The highest recorded value was 66.89 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Myanmar?: The lowest recorded value was 30.8 years in 1926.
How does Myanmar rank for life expectancy?: Myanmar ranks 196th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Myanmar?: Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Myanmar 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.