Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Bulgaria or Malaysia?

Malaysia, at 79.37 years against 79.21 years in Bulgaria as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Bulgaria and Malaysia?

0.16 years, with Malaysia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Malaysia?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bulgaria vs Malaysia: Life expectancy by sex

Bulgaria

79.21 years

in 2023

Malaysia

79.37 years

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

109th

Malaysia rank

107th

Life expectancy by sex over time

Bulgaria
Malaysia

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 79.37 years against 79.21 years in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.16 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 109th and Malaysia ranks 107th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 5 and Malaysia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	65.92 years	53.17 years	12.75 years	Bulgaria
1960s	72.43 years	61.64 years	10.79 years	Bulgaria
1970s	73.58 years	67.24 years	6.34 years	Bulgaria
1980s	74.43 years	71.98 years	2.45 years	Bulgaria
1990s	74.72 years	74.52 years	0.1968 years	Bulgaria
2000s	76.17 years	76.89 years	0.7249 years	Malaysia
2010s	78.16 years	78.21 years	0.0551 years	Malaysia
2020s	77.38 years	78.26 years	0.8788 years	Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Bulgaria or Malaysia?: Malaysia, at 79.37 years against 79.21 years in Bulgaria as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Bulgaria and Malaysia?: 0.16 years, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Malaysia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and Malaysia rank globally for life expectancy by sex?: Bulgaria ranks 109th and Malaysia ranks 107th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Life expectancy by sex
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Period life expectancy at birth among females, in a given year.