Chile vs Maldives: Life expectancy
Chile
81.17 years
in 2023
Maldives
81.04 years
in 2023
Chile rank
48th
Maldives rank
49th
Life expectancy over time
- Chile
- Maldives
How they compare
Chile currently reports 81.17 years against 81.04 years in Maldives, a difference of 0.13 years.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 48th and Maldives ranks 49th of 236 countries.
Chile has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 54.88 years | 37.14 years | 17.73 years | Chile |
| 1960s | 59.44 years | 40.65 years | 18.79 years | Chile |
| 1970s | 65.62 years | 48.9 years | 16.73 years | Chile |
| 1980s | 71.38 years | 58.69 years | 12.68 years | Chile |
| 1990s | 75.15 years | 66.6 years | 8.55 years | Chile |
| 2000s | 78.2 years | 73.93 years | 4.27 years | Chile |
| 2010s | 79.86 years | 78.33 years | 1.53 years | Chile |
| 2020s | 79.64 years | 79.64 years | 0.0006 years | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy, Chile or Maldives?
- Chile, at 81.17 years against 81.04 years in Maldives as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy between Chile and Maldives?
- 0.13 years, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Maldives?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Chile and Maldives rank globally for life expectancy?
- Chile ranks 48th 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
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.