Which has higher life expectancy, Maldives or Taiwan?

Maldives, at 81.04 years against 80.56 years in Taiwan as of 2023.

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

0.48 years, with Maldives ahead.

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

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.

Maldives vs Taiwan: Life expectancy

Maldives

81.04 years

in 2023

Taiwan

80.56 years

in 2023

Maldives rank

49th

Taiwan rank

52nd

Life expectancy over time

Maldives
Taiwan

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 81.04 years against 80.56 years in Taiwan, a difference of 0.48 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Taiwan ahead.

Maldives ranks 49th and Taiwan ranks 52nd of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Maldives	Taiwan	Difference	Ahead
1950s	37.14 years	59.29 years	22.15 years	Taiwan
1960s	40.65 years	65.17 years	24.52 years	Taiwan
1970s	48.9 years	70.49 years	21.59 years	Taiwan
1980s	58.69 years	72.91 years	14.21 years	Taiwan
1990s	66.6 years	74.77 years	8.17 years	Taiwan
2000s	73.93 years	77.37 years	3.44 years	Taiwan
2010s	78.33 years	79.68 years	1.35 years	Taiwan
2020s	79.64 years	80.65 years	1.01 years	Taiwan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Maldives or Taiwan?: Maldives, at 81.04 years against 80.56 years in Taiwan as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Maldives and Taiwan?: 0.48 years, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Taiwan?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Maldives and Taiwan rank globally for life expectancy?: Maldives ranks 49th and Taiwan ranks 52nd 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.