Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Maldives

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Maldives was 81.04 years. A difference of +0.28 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Maldives were 79.69 years and 82.82 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 Maldives for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Maldives (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Maldives (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	38.24	37.52	39
1961	38.65	37.96	39.37
1962	39.09	38.45	39.77
1963	39.59	39.01	40.21
1964	40.15	39.62	40.71
1965	40.76	40.3	41.24
1966	41.41	41.01	41.82
1967	42.11	41.77	42.45
1968	42.85	42.55	43.16
1969	43.65	43.38	43.94
1970	44.52	44.26	44.79
1971	45.45	45.21	45.72
1972	46.43	46.16	46.74
1973	47.46	47.15	47.83
1974	48.54	48.17	48.98
1975	49.65	49.24	50.15
1976	50.75	50.31	51.32
1977	51.84	51.35	52.46
1978	50.45	49.97	51.08
1979	53.87	53.35	54.56
1980	54.82	54.28	55.53
1981	55.73	55.17	56.47
1982	56.61	56.03	57.39
1983	57.48	56.87	58.31
1984	58.34	57.69	59.22
1985	59.18	58.49	60.11
1986	59.99	59.27	60.96
1987	60.79	60.04	61.79
1988	61.59	60.83	62.61
1989	62.38	61.6	63.41
1990	63.15	62.36	64.2
1991	63.91	63.08	65.01
1992	64.66	63.79	65.83
1993	65.43	64.53	66.65
1994	66.2	65.25	67.47
1995	66.96	65.98	68.27
1996	67.73	66.73	69.08
1997	68.52	67.52	69.86
1998	69.3	68.32	70.63
1999	70.16	69.19	71.47
2000	70.89	69.94	72.19
2001	71.66	70.63	73.07
2002	72.36	71.3	73.81
2003	73.26	72.14	74.8
2004	73.01	72.05	74.34
2005	74.79	73.65	76.32
2006	75.26	74.07	76.86
2007	75.71	74.49	77.36
2008	76	74.76	77.7
2009	76.37	75.15	78.05
2010	76.76	75.53	78.44
2011	77.14	75.93	78.81
2012	77.51	76.32	79.15
2013	77.85	76.64	79.51
2014	78.19	77.02	79.79
2015	78.61	77.49	80.15
2016	78.91	77.82	80.4
2017	79.23	78.08	80.79
2018	79.43	78.19	81.14
2019	79.71	78.39	81.51
2020	78.71	77.51	80.39
2021	78.05	76.83	79.7
2022	80.76	79.42	82.55
2023	81.04	79.69	82.82