Which has higher life expectancy, Macao or Malta?

Malta, at 83.3 years against 83.07 years in Macao as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Macao and Malta?

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.

Macao vs Malta: Life expectancy

Macao

83.07 years

in 2023

Malta

83.3 years

in 2023

Macao rank

22nd

Malta rank

19th

Life expectancy over time

Macao
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 83.3 years against 83.07 years in Macao, a difference of 0.23 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malta ahead.

Macao ranks 22nd and Malta ranks 19th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Macao averaged higher in 5 and Malta in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Macao	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1950s	60.74 years	65.75 years	5.01 years	Malta
1960s	66.2 years	69.36 years	3.16 years	Malta
1970s	70.85 years	71.59 years	0.7443 years	Malta
1980s	74.52 years	73.96 years	0.5588 years	Macao
1990s	77.68 years	76.93 years	0.7485 years	Macao
2000s	80.48 years	79.2 years	1.28 years	Macao
2010s	82.68 years	82.15 years	0.5325 years	Macao
2020s	83.4 years	82.55 years	0.8512 years	Macao

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Macao or Malta?: Malta, at 83.3 years against 83.07 years in Macao as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Macao and Malta?: 0.23 years, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Macao and Malta?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Macao and Malta rank globally for life expectancy?: Macao ranks 22nd and Malta ranks 19th 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.