Malta vs Sweden: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
Malta
83.3 years
in 2023
Sweden
83.26 years
in 2023
Malta rank
19th
Sweden rank
21st
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita over time
- Malta
- Sweden
How they compare
Malta currently reports 83.3 years against 83.26 years in Sweden, a difference of 0.04 years.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sweden ahead.
Malta ranks 19th and Sweden ranks 21st of 236 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 65.75 years | 72.29 years | 6.53 years | Sweden |
| 1960s | 69.36 years | 73.73 years | 4.38 years | Sweden |
| 1970s | 71.59 years | 75.02 years | 3.43 years | Sweden |
| 1980s | 73.96 years | 76.7 years | 2.74 years | Sweden |
| 1990s | 76.93 years | 78.63 years | 1.71 years | Sweden |
| 2000s | 79.2 years | 80.52 years | 1.31 years | Sweden |
| 2010s | 82.15 years | 82.17 years | 0.0227 years | Sweden |
| 2020s | 82.55 years | 82.94 years | 0.3887 years | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy vs. gdp per capita, Malta or Sweden?
- Malta, at 83.3 years against 83.26 years in Sweden as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy vs. gdp per capita between Malta and Sweden?
- 0.04 years, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Sweden?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Malta and Sweden rank globally for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
- Malta ranks 19th and Sweden ranks 21st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.