# Life expectancy at birth in Malawi

Life expectancy at birth in Malawi was 67.56 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `mw`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.
- Note: United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.
- Source: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy/malawi
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/malawi.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=mw

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 67.56 |
| 2023 | 67.35 |
| 2022 | 66.04 |
| 2021 | 64.78 |
| 2020 | 65.22 |
| 2019 | 65 |
| 2018 | 64.46 |
| 2017 | 63.91 |
| 2016 | 63.16 |
| 2015 | 62.32 |
| 2014 | 61.65 |
| 2013 | 60.82 |
| 2012 | 59.87 |
| 2011 | 58.86 |
| 2010 | 57.79 |
| 2009 | 56.71 |
| 2008 | 55.72 |
| 2007 | 54.69 |
| 2006 | 53.65 |
| 2005 | 52.47 |
| 2004 | 51.07 |
| 2003 | 49.6 |
| 2002 | 48.18 |
| 2001 | 47.21 |
| 2000 | 46.17 |
| 1999 | 45.06 |
| 1998 | 44.3 |
| 1997 | 44.2 |
| 1996 | 44.01 |
| 1995 | 43.8 |
| 1994 | 43.8 |
| 1993 | 43.65 |
| 1992 | 43.64 |
| 1991 | 43.54 |
| 1990 | 43.58 |
| 1989 | 43.52 |
| 1988 | 43.57 |
| 1987 | 43.9 |
| 1986 | 44.3 |
| 1985 | 44.57 |
| 1984 | 44.81 |
| 1983 | 44.97 |
| 1982 | 44.84 |
| 1981 | 44.72 |
| 1980 | 44.33 |
| 1979 | 43.7 |
| 1978 | 43 |
| 1977 | 41.98 |
| 1976 | 41.02 |
| 1975 | 40.08 |
| 1974 | 39.2 |
| 1973 | 38.36 |
| 1972 | 37.61 |
| 1971 | 37.1 |
| 1970 | 36.64 |
| 1969 | 36.3 |
| 1968 | 36.09 |
| 1967 | 35.94 |
| 1966 | 35.83 |
| 1965 | 35.74 |
| 1964 | 35.68 |
| 1963 | 35.64 |
| 1962 | 35.45 |
| 1961 | 35.23 |
| 1960 | 34.99 |