Share in poverty vs. life expectancy in Malta

Malta: Share in poverty vs. life expectancy was 83.3 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
83.3 years
Change on year
up 1.3%
Rank
19th
of 236 regions
All-time high
83.3 years
in 2023
All-time low
63.47 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Share in poverty vs. life expectancy in Malta, 1950–2023

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Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, share in poverty vs. life expectancy in Malta stood at 83.3 years. 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, share in poverty vs. life expectancy in Malta peaked at 83.3 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 63.47 years, in 1950.

Malta ranks 19th of 236 regions on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 16 Reunion 83.55 years compare
  2. 17 France 83.33 years compare
  3. 18 Norway 83.31 years compare
  4. 20 Guernsey 83.27 years compare
  5. 21 Sweden 83.26 years compare
  6. 22 Macao 83.08 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share in poverty vs. life expectancy in Malta?
Share in poverty vs. life expectancy in Malta was 83.3 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest share in poverty vs. life expectancy recorded in Malta?
The highest recorded value was 83.3 years in 2023.
What is the lowest share in poverty vs. life expectancy recorded in Malta?
The lowest recorded value was 63.47 years in 1950.
How does Malta rank for share in poverty vs. life expectancy?
Malta ranks 19th out of 236 regions with data for 2023.
Is share in poverty vs. 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 UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share in poverty vs. life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Share in poverty vs. life expectancy
Unit
years
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Period life expectancy at birth.