Malaysia
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Global rank#92out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

79.574.268.863.558.2196019922024Malaysia · 2024: 79.52 yearsMalaysia

Analytical takeaways

  • Malaysia records 79.52 years for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in 2024, ranking #92 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, female (years) increased from 58.18 years in 1960 to 79.52 years in 2024, a gain of 21.34 years.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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