Life expectancy in Malta
Malta: Life expectancy was 83.3 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
83.3 years
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
19th
of 236 countries
All-time high
83.3 years
in 2023
All-time low
63.47 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Life expectancy in Malta, 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
Malta recorded 83.3 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Malta peaked at 83.3 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 63.47 years, in 1950.
That places Malta 19th 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 Malta, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 63.47 years | — |
| 1951 | 63.91 years | +0.7% |
| 1952 | 64.06 years | +0.2% |
| 1953 | 64.3 years | +0.4% |
| 1954 | 65.06 years | +1.2% |
| 1955 | 66.29 years | +1.9% |
| 1956 | 66.76 years | +0.7% |
| 1957 | 67.47 years | +1.1% |
| 1958 | 67.83 years | +0.5% |
| 1959 | 68.37 years | +0.8% |
| 1960 | 68.44 years | +0.1% |
| 1961 | 68.42 years | -0.0% |
| 1962 | 69.17 years | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 69.25 years | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 69.34 years | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 69.45 years | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 69.74 years | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 69.79 years | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 69.91 years | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 70.06 years | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 70.37 years | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 70.14 years | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 70.68 years | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 71.32 years | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 71.95 years | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 72.07 years | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 72.21 years | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 72.33 years | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 72.34 years | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 72.5 years | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 72.32 years | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 72.37 years | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 72.83 years | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 73.1 years | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 73.31 years | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 73.85 years | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 74.48 years | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 75.3 years | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 75.87 years | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 76.17 years | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 76.16 years | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 76.49 years | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 76.68 years | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 76.83 years | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 76.95 years | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 76.98 years | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 76.32 years | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 77.32 years | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 77.8 years | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 77.75 years | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 77.9 years | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 78.9 years | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 78.47 years | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 78.7 years | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 79.17 years | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 79.49 years | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 79.56 years | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 79.74 years | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 79.69 years | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 80.42 years | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 81.4 years | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 80.8 years | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 81.06 years | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 81.82 years | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 82.32 years | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 82.59 years | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 82.66 years | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 83.09 years | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 82.91 years | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 82.84 years | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 82.34 years | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 82.32 years | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 82.25 years | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 83.3 years | +1.3% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 83.3 years is above the median for high income countries, which is 81 years, 1.0× the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Malta's 83.3 years is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 76.51 years, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 65.75 years | 63.47 years | 68.37 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 69.36 years | 68.42 years | 70.06 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 71.59 years | 70.14 years | 72.5 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 73.96 years | 72.32 years | 76.17 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 76.93 years | 76.16 years | 77.8 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.2 years | 77.9 years | 80.42 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.15 years | 80.8 years | 83.09 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.55 years | 82.25 years | 83.3 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
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Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Malta?
- Life expectancy in Malta was 83.3 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 83.3 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.47 years in 1950.
- How does Malta rank for life expectancy?
- Malta ranks 19th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.