Life expectancy in Macao
Macao: Life expectancy was 83.07 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
83.07 years
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
22nd
of 236 countries
All-time high
84.61 years
in 2020
All-time low
58.33 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Life expectancy in Macao, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Macao recorded 83.07 years for life expectancy in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Macao peaked at 84.61 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 58.33 years, in 1950.
That places Macao 22nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Life expectancy in Macao, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 58.33 years | — |
| 1951 | 58.82 years | +0.8% |
| 1952 | 59.29 years | +0.8% |
| 1953 | 59.75 years | +0.8% |
| 1954 | 60.25 years | +0.9% |
| 1955 | 60.73 years | +0.8% |
| 1956 | 60.95 years | +0.4% |
| 1957 | 62.47 years | +2.5% |
| 1958 | 63.15 years | +1.1% |
| 1959 | 63.68 years | +0.8% |
| 1960 | 63.94 years | +0.4% |
| 1961 | 64.48 years | +0.9% |
| 1962 | 65.09 years | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 65.65 years | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 66.03 years | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 66.31 years | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 66.79 years | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 67.4 years | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 68.02 years | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 68.27 years | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 68.76 years | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 69.17 years | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 69.7 years | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 70.09 years | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 71 years | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 71.19 years | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 71.87 years | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 71.8 years | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 72.24 years | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 72.63 years | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 73 years | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 73.37 years | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 73.91 years | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 74.07 years | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 74.23 years | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 74.7 years | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 74.98 years | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 75.17 years | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 75.54 years | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 76.22 years | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 76.57 years | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 76.64 years | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 77.07 years | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 77.47 years | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 77.43 years | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 77.85 years | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 77.43 years | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 78.44 years | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 78.75 years | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 79.13 years | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 79.43 years | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 79.81 years | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 80.1 years | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 80.21 years | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 80.41 years | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 80.52 years | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 80.71 years | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 80.93 years | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 81.16 years | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 81.49 years | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 81.66 years | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 81.99 years | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 82.26 years | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 82.48 years | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 82.7 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 82.94 years | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 83.02 years | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 83.08 years | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 83.4 years | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 83.29 years | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 84.61 years | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 83.82 years | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 82.1 years | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 83.07 years | +1.2% |
Macao compared with similar countries
- Macao's 83.07 years is above the median for high income countries, which is 81 years, 1.0× the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Macao's 83.07 years is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 72.85 years, 1.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 60.74 years | 58.33 years | 63.68 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 66.2 years | 63.94 years | 68.27 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 70.85 years | 68.76 years | 72.63 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 74.52 years | 73 years | 76.22 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 77.68 years | 76.57 years | 79.13 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 80.48 years | 79.43 years | 81.49 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.68 years | 81.66 years | 83.4 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.4 years | 82.1 years | 84.61 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Macao
More health data for Macao
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 2,233 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 1 deaths (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -1.54 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population, male, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Population, male, annual growth rate -0.2121 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, male 315,701 (2025)
- Population, female, per capita 0.5397 units per person (2025)
- Population, male 46.0% (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Macao?
- Life expectancy in Macao was 83.07 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 84.61 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.33 years in 1950.
- How does Macao rank for life expectancy?
- Macao ranks 22nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Macao data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.