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MALAYSIA VS ASEAN · HEALTH · 2024
How does Malaysia's life expectancy compare across ASEAN?
World Bank/UN 2024 life expectancy at birth for all 11 ASEAN members, shown as rounded whole years.
SHOW ME THE DATA2024 · life expectancy at birth · years
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2024
1Singapore83life expectancy at birth · years
2Malaysia77life expectancy at birth · years
3Thailand77life expectancy at birth · years
4Brunei Darussalam76life expectancy at birth · years
5Viet Nam75life expectancy at birth · years
6Cambodia71life expectancy at birth · years
7Indonesia71life expectancy at birth · years
8Philippines70life expectancy at birth · years
9Lao PDR69life expectancy at birth · years
10Timor-Leste68life expectancy at birth · years
11Myanmar67life expectancy at birth · years
UN/United Nations / World Banklife expectancy at birth · years
SourceUnited Nations / World Bank ↗2024 values · checked 3 Oct 2026HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Malaysia is shown at 77 years in 2024, compared with Singapore at 83 and the ASEAN low in this set at 67.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSHow the numbers were calculated
PulseKita compares the same World Bank/UN life-expectancy indicator and 2024 reference year across all 11 ASEAN members. This V3 display uses the rounded whole-year values published in the World Bank comparison pages, so apparent ties should not be treated as exact statistical ties.
- Malaysia is shown at 77 years in the rounded 2024 comparison.
- Singapore is highest in this ASEAN set at 83 years.
- Thailand is also shown at 77 years; Brunei Darussalam 76 and Viet Nam 75.
- Myanmar is shown at 67 years, Timor-Leste 68 and Lao PDR 69.
- Life expectancy is a population health outcome, not a direct score of healthcare-system quality alone.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Declared sourceLife expectancy at birth, total (years)
- 2TransformationPulseKita compares the same World Bank/UN life-expectancy indicator and 2024 reference year across all 11 ASEAN members. This V3 display uses the rounded whole-year values published in the World Bank comparison pages, so apparent ties should not be treated as exact statistical ties.
- 3Published visualRanked snapshot
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2024
UNITlife expectancy at birth · years
SOURCEofficial publication
UPDATED2024 values · checked 3 Oct 2026






