Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Malawi

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Malawi was 67.35 years. A difference of +1.31 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Malawi were 64.07 years and 70.56 years respectively in 2023.

You can see similar information for other countries.

The World Bank defines life expectancy at birth as "the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future".

The chart and table below shows the total, male, and female life expectancies of Malawi for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Malawi (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Malawi (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	34.99	33.38	36.58
1961	35.23	33.67	36.78
1962	35.45	33.9	36.99
1963	35.64	34.12	37.15
1964	35.68	34.13	37.22
1965	35.74	34.18	37.29
1966	35.83	34.26	37.38
1967	35.94	34.34	37.53
1968	36.09	34.54	37.62
1969	36.3	34.77	37.82
1970	36.64	35.11	38.15
1971	37.1	35.7	38.46
1972	37.61	36.18	39.02
1973	38.35	36.89	39.8
1974	39.2	37.72	40.64
1975	40.08	38.49	41.65
1976	41.02	39.31	42.72
1977	41.98	40.14	43.81
1978	43	41.03	44.97
1979	43.7	41.71	45.69
1980	44.33	42.29	46.38
1981	44.72	42.69	46.76
1982	44.84	42.88	46.81
1983	44.97	43.03	46.93
1984	44.81	42.87	46.76
1985	44.57	42.67	46.48
1986	44.3	42.46	46.15
1987	43.9	42.15	45.67
1988	43.57	41.95	45.21
1989	43.52	41.95	45.1
1990	43.58	42.09	45.07
1991	43.54	42.1	44.98
1992	43.64	42.29	44.99
1993	43.65	42.37	44.92
1994	43.8	42.55	45.04
1995	43.8	42.61	45
1996	44.01	42.73	45.28
1997	44.2	42.82	45.59
1998	44.3	42.81	45.8
1999	45.06	43.52	46.62
2000	46.17	44.59	47.76
2001	47.21	45.67	48.74
2002	48.18	46.6	49.76
2003	49.6	47.89	51.32
2004	51.07	49.36	52.78
2005	52.47	50.65	54.28
2006	53.65	51.83	55.43
2007	54.69	52.98	56.34
2008	55.72	53.94	57.43
2009	56.71	54.8	58.57
2010	57.79	55.63	59.9
2011	58.86	56.51	61.18
2012	59.87	57.35	62.37
2013	60.82	58.07	63.56
2014	61.65	58.8	64.5
2015	62.32	59.4	65.24
2016	63.16	60.12	66.2
2017	63.91	60.77	67.06
2018	64.46	61.04	67.92
2019	65	61.58	68.43
2020	65.22	61.68	68.81
2021	64.78	61.34	68.25
2022	66.04	62.67	69.38
2023	67.35	64.07	70.56