Malaysia · Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)
72.8 years2021
Unit: years. Publisher measure: Life expectancy at birth (years).
Life expectancy at birth for the country population, both sexes, under the mortality rates of the reference year.
Measurement basis: WHO modelled period life-table estimates based on sex- and age-specific mortality.
Reference-period cadence: annual.
Source update cadence: biennial. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.
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World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 22 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2000 | 73.01343106 | 72.95946888 | 73.12794896 | — |
| Malaysia | 2001 | 73.51935373 | 73.47129147 | 73.62289693 | — |
| Malaysia | 2002 | 73.78194217 | 73.73949819 | 73.87264029 | — |
| Malaysia | 2003 | 73.62194031 | 73.59212518 | 73.70751983 | — |
| Malaysia | 2004 | 73.82138244 | 73.80132715 | 73.91284386 | — |
| Malaysia | 2005 | 74.06194883 | 74.04969814 | 74.14126058 | — |
| Malaysia | 2006 | 74.30399222 | 74.29765185 | 74.380223 | — |
| Malaysia | 2007 | 74.43641055 | 74.43032297 | 74.52524123 | — |
| Malaysia | 2008 | 74.19396011 | 74.18127612 | 74.27210926 | — |
| Malaysia | 2009 | 74.01457452 | 74.00261059 | 74.09647695 | — |
| Malaysia | 2010 | 74.02631776 | 73.76316034 | 74.38295582 | — |
| Malaysia | 2011 | 74.23051803 | 73.91150678 | 74.53378185 | — |
| Malaysia | 2012 | 74.61637828 | 74.59798799 | 74.69130122 | — |
| Malaysia | 2013 | 74.72307296 | 74.52209987 | 74.98017515 | — |
| Malaysia | 2014 | 74.64731536 | 74.62677063 | 74.73684212 | — |
| Malaysia | 2015 | 74.27826363 | 74.24825611 | 74.36840181 | — |
| Malaysia | 2016 | 74.41949575 | 74.39519127 | 74.5138164 | — |
| Malaysia | 2017 | 74.40097684 | 74.37886698 | 74.49315977 | — |
| Malaysia | 2018 | 74.52805915 | 74.49369308 | 74.62827768 | — |
| Malaysia | 2019 | 74.68410362 | 74.64279939 | 74.78387918 | — |
| Malaysia | 2020 | 76.78965822 | 76.75143134 | 76.88885681 | — |
| Malaysia | 2021 | 72.8101035 | 72.63172471 | 73.0355924 | — |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.