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Malawi – Life Expectancy 2016

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current mortality rates continue throughout their lifetime. · World Bank
63.2 +0.8 from 2015 G20 rank: 187th

Malawi's life expectancy was 63.2 in 2016, increased +0.8 from 62.3 in 2015. This was the 187th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2016▾
Life Expectancy by Country – 2016
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Monaco 85.6 0.4%
2nd San Marino 84.8 0.2%
3rd Andorra 84.5 -0.1%
4th Hong Kong SAR, China 84.2 0.0%
5th Japan 84.0 0.2%
6th Switzerland 83.6 0.9%
7th Spain 83.3 0.6%
8th Macao SAR, China 83.3 0.1%
9th Italy 83.2 0.8%
10th Singapore 82.8 0.1%
11th Gibraltar 82.7 0.1%
12th Luxembourg 82.7 0.5%
13th France 82.6 0.3%
14th French Polynesia 82.6 0.3%
15th Malta 82.5 0.7%
16th Australia 82.4 0.1%
17th Israel 82.4 0.4%
18th Norway 82.4 0.1%
19th Sweden 82.3 0.1%
20th Korea 82.3 0.3%
21st Liechtenstein 82.3 -0.5%
22nd Iceland 82.2 -0.3%
23rd United Arab Emirates 82.2 0.1%
24th Qatar 82.1 0.4%
25th Faroe Islands 82.0 0.2%
26th Canada 81.9 0.1%
27th New Zealand 81.7 0.1%
28th Ireland 81.7 0.2%
29th Austria 81.6 0.6%
30th Netherlands 81.6 0.1%
31st Cyprus 81.5 0.1%
32nd Belgium 81.4 0.6%
33rd Finland 81.4 -0.1%
34th Greece 81.4 0.4%
35th Channel Islands 81.2 -0.2%
36th Slovenia 81.2 0.5%
37th United Kingdom 81.2 0.2%
38th Portugal 81.1 0.0%
39th Germany 81.0 0.4%
40th European Union 81.0 0.5%
41st Denmark 80.9 0.2%
42nd Bermuda 80.5 0.2%
43rd Bahrain 80.4 0.1%
44th Isle of Man 80.4 0.2%
45th Puerto Rico (US) 80.4 -0.4%
46th Chile 80.3 0.4%
47th Costa Rica 80.0 -0.5%
48th St. Martin (French part) 79.9 0.1%
49th Kuwait 79.7 0.4%
50th Oman 79.6 0.3%
51st Virgin Islands (US) 79.2 0.2%
52nd Czechia 79.0 0.6%
53rd Maldives 78.9 0.4%
54th Albania 78.6 0.4%
55th United States 78.5 -0.2%
56th Cayman Islands 78.4 0.3%
57th Saudi Arabia 78.4 0.7%
58th Lebanon 78.3 0.0%
59th Croatia 77.9 0.8%
60th Poland 77.9 0.5%
61st Panama 77.8 0.2%
62nd Estonia 77.6 0.1%
63rd Cuba 77.6 -0.2%
64th Turks and Caicos Islands 77.4 0.2%
65th Northern Mariana Islands 77.4 0.0%
66th New Caledonia 77.4 0.2%
67th Uruguay 77.4 0.1%
68th China 77.2 0.3%
69th Slovak Republic 77.2 0.8%
70th Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.1 0.1%
71st Antigua and Barbuda 77.0 0.1%
72nd Thailand 76.8 0.3%
73rd Kosovo 76.7 1.0%
74th British Virgin Islands 76.6 0.1%
75th Türkiye 76.6 0.1%
76th Montenegro 76.5 -0.1%
77th Guam 76.4 0.0%
78th Curaçao 76.3 -0.2%
79th Colombia 76.2 0.2%
80th Barbados 76.2 0.1%
81st Iran, Islamic Republic of 76.2 0.3%
82nd Sri Lanka 76.1 0.2%
83rd Argentina 76.1 -0.6%
84th Ecuador 76.1 -0.2%
85th Hungary 76.1 0.7%
86th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 76.0 0.1%
87th Peru 76.0 0.3%
88th Serbia 75.7 0.5%
89th Jordan 75.6 0.7%
90th Aruba 75.5 0.2%
91st North Macedonia 75.4 0.0%
92nd Malaysia 75.4 0.1%
93rd Algeria 75.3 0.2%
94th Romania 75.2 0.4%
95th Brazil 75.1 0.0%
96th Grenada 75.0 0.0%
97th Tunisia 75.0 0.2%
98th West Bank and Gaza 74.9 0.5%
99th Brunei Darussalam 74.9 0.0%
100th Armenia 74.9 0.0%
101st Bulgaria 74.8 0.3%
102nd Lithuania 74.7 0.5%
103rd Latvia 74.6 0.1%
104th Mauritius 74.4 0.1%
105th Mexico 74.4 -0.1%
106th Cabo Verde 74.4 0.3%
107th Seychelles 74.3 0.0%
108th Bahamas, The 74.0 0.3%
109th Viet Nam 74.0 0.0%
110th Belarus 73.8 0.3%
111th Paraguay 73.5 0.0%
112th Ukraine 73.4 1.0%
113th Morocco 73.2 0.5%
114th Nicaragua 73.2 0.4%
115th Georgia 73.1 -0.1%
116th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 73.0 0.2%
117th Trinidad and Tobago 72.9 0.1%
118th Dominican Republic 72.9 -0.1%
119th American Samoa 72.6 0.0%
120th Azerbaijan 72.6 0.3%
121st St. Lucia 72.6 -0.5%
122nd Kazakhstan 72.5 0.7%
123rd Jamaica 72.1 -0.2%
124th Tonga 72.0 0.1%
125th Belize 71.8 0.3%
126th Greenland 71.8 0.5%
127th Libya 71.8 0.2%
128th Russian Federation 71.7 0.7%
129th Honduras 71.6 0.4%
130th Uzbekistan 71.6 0.4%
131st St. Kitts and Nevis 71.2 0.0%
132nd Guatemala 71.2 0.4%
133rd Dominica 71.2 1.7%
134th Bhutan 71.1 0.5%
135th Bangladesh 71.1 0.8%
136th Samoa 71.0 -0.1%
137th Suriname 71.0 0.6%
138th Kyrgyz Republic 71.0 0.4%
139th El Salvador 70.9 -0.1%
140th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 70.7 0.3%
141st Egypt, Arab Republic of 70.4 0.4%
142nd Vanuatu 70.4 0.3%
143rd Mongolia 70.2 -0.8%
144th Moldova 70.2 0.1%
145th Tajikistan 70.0 0.5%
146th Indonesia 69.7 0.3%
147th India 69.7 0.6%
148th Cambodia 69.6 0.3%
149th Solomon Islands 69.5 0.3%
150th Philippines 69.5 0.1%
151st Turkmenistan 69.1 0.1%
152nd Palau 69.0 0.0%
153rd Iraq 68.7 -1.8%
154th Nepal 68.4 1.6%
155th Guyana 68.1 0.5%
156th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 67.4 0.3%
157th Yemen, Republic of 67.1 0.5%
158th Lao PDR 67.0 0.5%
159th Mauritania 66.8 0.5%
160th Senegal 66.7 0.4%
161st Fiji 66.7 0.3%
162nd Gabon 66.6 0.4%
163rd São Tomé and Principe 66.6 0.8%
164th Eritrea 66.2 0.5%
165th Pakistan 65.9 0.5%
166th Kiribati 65.8 0.0%
167th Rwanda 65.7 0.5%
168th Myanmar 65.6 0.5%
169th Timor-Leste 65.6 0.4%
170th Micronesia, Federated States of 65.6 0.4%
171st Tuvalu 65.5 0.2%
172nd Marshall Islands 65.5 0.3%
173rd Syrian Arab Republic 65.2 3.0%
174th Comoros 64.8 0.5%
175th South Africa 64.7 1.1%
176th Papua New Guinea 64.7 0.4%
177th Sudan 64.7 0.5%
178th Uganda 64.5 1.0%
179th Tanzania 64.4 0.7%
180th Botswana 64.3 1.7%
181st Congo, Republic of 63.9 0.4%
182nd Ghana 63.5 0.5%
183rd Madagascar 63.4 0.1%
184th Gambia, The 63.4 0.7%
185th Djibouti 63.3 0.8%
186th Haiti 63.3 0.2%
187th Malawi 63.2 1.3%
188th Afghanistan 62.6 0.6%
189th Kenya 62.5 0.4%
190th Angola 61.6 0.9%
191st Zambia 61.1 0.7%
192nd Equatorial Guinea 61.1 0.7%
193rd Nauru 61.0 0.2%
194th Namibia 60.8 1.3%
195th Burundi 60.8 1.1%
196th Guinea-Bissau 60.6 0.9%
197th Liberia 60.5 2.1%
198th Cameroon 60.3 1.0%
199th Zimbabwe 59.8 1.3%
200th Togo 59.7 0.8%
201st Mozambique 59.5 1.3%
202nd Benin 59.3 0.3%
203rd Niger 59.2 0.6%
204th Burkina Faso 59.2 0.7%
205th Congo, Democratic Republic of 59.1 0.7%
206th Côte d'Ivoire 58.8 0.9%
207th Guinea 58.5 1.0%
208th Mali 58.3 0.8%
209th Sierra Leone 56.9 2.7%
210th Eswatini 56.2 2.3%
211th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 55.3 0.4%
212th Lesotho 52.9 2.1%
213th Nigeria 52.2 0.5%
214th Chad 51.6 0.6%
215th Central African Republic 51.0 -1.8%
216th South Sudan 36.7 -7.6%
Source: World Bank (SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Malawi matched the Currency Crisis Pattern pattern in 2016. Historically: 111 occurrences, 31 successful (28%). Outcome 24 months later: 12.4%. View full analysis →

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