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.

United Nations / World Bank2024 values · checked 3 Oct 2026

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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

IN BRIEF

Malaysia is shown at 77 years in 2024, compared with Singapore at 83 and the ASEAN low in this set at 67.

METHOD & LIMITATIONS

How 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

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Declared sourceLife expectancy at birth, total (years)
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TransformationPulseKita 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.
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Published visualRanked snapshot

Source

HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary

COVERAGE2024

UNITlife expectancy at birth · years

SOURCEofficial publication

UPDATED2024 values · checked 3 Oct 2026

How the numbers were calculated

Evidence trail

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