Which has higher life expectancy, Bahrain or Maldives?

Bahrain, at 81.28 years against 81.04 years in Maldives as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Bahrain and Maldives?

0.24 years, with Bahrain ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Maldives?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bahrain vs Maldives: Life expectancy

Bahrain

81.28 years

in 2023

Maldives

81.04 years

in 2023

Bahrain rank

47th

Maldives rank

49th

Life expectancy over time

Bahrain
Maldives

How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 81.28 years against 81.04 years in Maldives, a difference of 0.24 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bahrain ahead.

Bahrain ranks 47th and Maldives ranks 49th of 236 countries.

Bahrain has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahrain	Maldives	Difference	Ahead
1950s	42.89 years	37.14 years	5.75 years	Bahrain
1960s	57.4 years	40.65 years	16.75 years	Bahrain
1970s	67.7 years	48.9 years	18.8 years	Bahrain
1980s	71.83 years	58.69 years	13.14 years	Bahrain
1990s	73.35 years	66.6 years	6.75 years	Bahrain
2000s	76.12 years	73.93 years	2.19 years	Bahrain
2010s	79.96 years	78.33 years	1.63 years	Bahrain
2020s	79.76 years	79.64 years	0.1189 years	Bahrain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Bahrain or Maldives?: Bahrain, at 81.28 years against 81.04 years in Maldives as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Bahrain and Maldives?: 0.24 years, with Bahrain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Maldives?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bahrain and Maldives rank globally for life expectancy?: Bahrain ranks 47th and Maldives ranks 49th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.