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Malawi – Life Expectancy 1998

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current mortality rates continue throughout their lifetime. · World Bank
44.3 +0.1 from 1997 Global rank: 213th

Malawi's life expectancy was 44.3 in 1998, increased +0.1 from 44.2 in 1997. This was the 213th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1998▾
Life Expectancy by Country – 1998
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Monaco 81.6 0.3%
2nd Andorra 81.3 0.2%
3rd Japan 80.5 0.1%
4th Hong Kong SAR, China 80.1 0.0%
5th San Marino 79.9 0.3%
6th Iceland 79.6 0.9%
7th Gibraltar 79.5 0.5%
8th Sweden 79.3 0.2%
9th Switzerland 79.3 0.3%
10th Italy 79.0 0.2%
11th Spain 78.7 0.1%
12th Australia 78.6 0.2%
13th Canada 78.6 0.3%
14th France 78.6 0.4%
15th Channel Islands 78.5 0.4%
16th Norway 78.3 0.2%
17th Macao SAR, China 78.2 0.8%
18th Israel 78.1 0.2%
19th New Zealand 78.1 1.0%
20th Faroe Islands 78.0 0.3%
21st Netherlands 77.9 0.1%
22nd French Polynesia 77.8 0.6%
23rd Greece 77.8 -0.4%
24th Liechtenstein 77.7 2.2%
25th Austria 77.7 0.5%
26th Malta 77.6 -0.2%
27th Germany 77.5 0.5%
28th Belgium 77.5 0.1%
29th Bermuda 77.4 0.5%
30th Singapore 77.3 0.5%
31st United Kingdom 77.2 0.0%
32nd Cyprus 77.2 0.1%
33rd Finland 77.1 0.3%
34th Luxembourg 77.0 0.2%
35th Costa Rica 76.9 0.3%
36th United States 76.6 0.2%
37th European Union 76.5 0.4%
38th St. Martin (French part) 76.3 0.3%
39th Chile 76.3 0.7%
40th Ireland 76.2 0.3%
41st Denmark 76.1 0.3%
42nd Kuwait 76.0 0.1%
43rd Portugal 75.7 0.4%
44th Cuba 75.4 0.5%
45th Korea 75.0 0.5%
46th Qatar 74.9 0.2%
47th Slovenia 74.8 0.1%
48th Guam 74.8 0.1%
49th British Virgin Islands 74.6 0.1%
50th Puerto Rico (US) 74.6 -0.2%
51st Czechia 74.5 0.9%
52nd Bosnia and Herzegovina 74.5 0.8%
53rd Barbados 74.5 0.6%
54th Albania 74.4 1.3%
55th Isle of Man 74.2 0.4%
56th Antigua and Barbuda 74.2 0.2%
57th Bahrain 74.1 0.4%
58th Cayman Islands 74.1 0.2%
59th Uruguay 74.0 0.1%
60th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 73.9 0.5%
61st United Arab Emirates 73.7 1.5%
62nd Brunei Darussalam 73.6 0.4%
63rd Northern Mariana Islands 73.6 0.9%
64th Argentina 73.4 0.0%
65th Montenegro 73.3 -0.1%
66th Lebanon 73.2 0.4%
67th Turks and Caicos Islands 73.1 0.6%
68th Curaçao 73.1 0.1%
69th Poland 73.0 0.5%
70th Aruba 72.9 0.0%
71st Oman 72.9 0.6%
72nd Panama 72.8 0.3%
73rd Grenada 72.8 0.2%
74th New Caledonia 72.7 0.7%
75th Slovak Republic 72.6 -0.2%
76th Malaysia 72.4 0.1%
77th Croatia 72.3 -0.2%
78th North Macedonia 72.3 -0.2%
79th Viet Nam 72.3 0.9%
80th Serbia 72.2 -0.9%
81st Tunisia 72.1 0.6%
82nd Saudi Arabia 72.0 0.5%
83rd Ecuador 71.9 -0.1%
84th Bahamas, The 71.8 0.3%
85th Mexico 71.8 0.4%
86th Seychelles 71.7 0.8%
87th China 71.6 0.5%
88th American Samoa 71.5 -0.1%
89th Jordan 71.5 0.3%
90th Dominica 71.4 0.2%
91st Virgin Islands (US) 71.2 0.5%
92nd Lithuania 71.2 0.4%
93rd Jamaica 71.2 -0.1%
94th Türkiye 71.1 0.7%
95th Bulgaria 71.1 1.0%
96th Colombia 70.9 0.4%
97th Thailand 70.7 0.5%
98th St. Lucia 70.7 -0.1%
99th Libya 70.7 -0.1%
100th Mauritius 70.6 0.3%
101st West Bank and Gaza 70.6 0.3%
102nd Hungary 70.6 -0.2%
103rd Samoa 70.3 0.4%
104th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 70.3 -0.2%
105th Syrian Arab Republic 70.2 0.1%
106th Sri Lanka 70.1 0.3%
107th Dominican Republic 69.9 0.1%
108th Romania 69.8 1.2%
109th Armenia 69.8 0.6%
110th Georgia 69.8 0.1%
111th Paraguay 69.5 0.3%
112th Estonia 69.4 -0.6%
113th Algeria 69.3 0.7%
114th Maldives 69.3 1.1%
115th Tonga 69.2 0.3%
116th Iran, Islamic Republic of 69.2 0.8%
117th Latvia 69.0 -0.5%
118th Belize 68.9 -0.4%
119th Brazil 68.8 0.5%
120th Peru 68.7 0.6%
121st Kosovo 68.6 -1.8%
122nd Belarus 68.4 -0.1%
123rd Vanuatu 68.4 0.1%
124th Trinidad and Tobago 68.3 0.3%
125th Ukraine 68.0 0.5%
126th St. Kitts and Nevis 67.9 0.1%
127th Philippines 67.2 0.3%
128th Kyrgyz Republic 67.1 0.2%
129th Russian Federation 67.0 0.5%
130th Solomon Islands 66.9 0.2%
131st Moldova 66.8 0.5%
132nd Cabo Verde 66.7 1.0%
133rd El Salvador 66.7 0.6%
134th Egypt, Arab Republic of 66.6 0.6%
135th Fiji 66.5 0.4%
136th Greenland 66.2 0.5%
137th Morocco 66.0 0.6%
138th Guatemala 66.0 1.1%
139th Indonesia 65.9 0.3%
140th Uzbekistan 65.2 0.2%
141st Micronesia, Federated States of 64.5 0.2%
142nd Iraq 64.4 0.3%
143rd Nicaragua 64.1 -2.2%
144th Kiribati 64.1 0.5%
145th Turkmenistan 64.0 0.5%
146th Palau 64.0 0.4%
147th Azerbaijan 63.8 1.3%
148th Suriname 63.7 0.5%
149th Guyana 63.4 0.9%
150th Kazakhstan 63.3 0.0%
151st Marshall Islands 63.2 0.3%
152nd Tuvalu 63.2 0.3%
153rd Honduras 62.4 -7.6%
154th Tajikistan 62.4 0.8%
155th Mongolia 62.1 1.1%
156th India 61.9 0.7%
157th Yemen, Republic of 61.8 0.7%
158th Nepal 61.5 1.2%
159th Gabon 61.5 0.2%
160th Bhutan 61.3 1.1%
161st Bolivia, Plurinational State of 61.2 0.8%
162nd Pakistan 61.1 0.8%
163rd Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 60.9 0.0%
164th São Tomé and Principe 60.8 0.2%
165th Papua New Guinea 60.4 -1.4%
166th Bangladesh 60.4 1.3%
167th South Africa 59.9 -1.0%
168th Myanmar 59.9 0.6%
169th Mauritania 59.9 0.8%
170th Nauru 59.9 -0.2%
171st Sudan 58.3 0.4%
172nd Comoros 58.3 0.1%
173rd Cambodia 57.9 1.0%
174th Lao PDR 57.5 0.4%
175th Ghana 57.5 0.5%
176th Haiti 57.1 0.8%
177th Senegal 57.1 -0.1%
178th Madagascar 56.8 1.2%
179th Djibouti 56.4 0.4%
180th Benin 56.2 0.3%
181st Gambia, The 56.0 1.4%
182nd Kenya 55.6 0.2%
183rd Namibia 54.8 -1.9%
184th Togo 54.0 0.2%
185th Cameroon 53.0 -0.1%
186th Botswana 53.0 -1.2%
187th Equatorial Guinea 52.6 0.5%
188th Congo, Republic of 52.6 8.2%
189th Afghanistan 52.5 -1.4%
190th Lesotho 52.0 -3.2%
191st Tanzania 51.8 1.1%
192nd Guinea 51.6 1.0%
193rd Côte d'Ivoire 51.2 -0.5%
194th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 50.8 0.9%
195th Burkina Faso 50.2 1.2%
196th Eswatini 50.1 -3.2%
197th Eritrea 50.0 -11.0%
198th Congo, Democratic Republic of 49.7 -1.6%
199th Mali 49.6 1.0%
200th Liberia 49.4 2.2%
201st Timor-Leste 48.6 -0.8%
202nd Uganda 48.3 0.5%
203rd Mozambique 48.2 0.9%
204th Guinea-Bissau 48.1 0.2%
205th Niger 47.8 1.5%
206th Chad 47.8 0.1%
207th Zimbabwe 47.6 -2.0%
208th Central African Republic 47.1 -0.4%
209th Burundi 46.7 2.1%
210th Nigeria 46.1 0.4%
211th Zambia 45.7 -0.1%
212th Angola 45.5 -2.6%
213th Malawi 44.3 0.2%
214th Rwanda 43.1 2.7%
215th Sierra Leone 42.7 -2.1%
216th South Sudan 19.0 -42.4%
Source: World Bank (SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Malawi matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1998. Historically: 271 occurrences, 157 successful (58%). Outcome 24 months later: 29.6%. View full analysis →

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