Malaysia vs Palau: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Malaysia
40.3%
in 2023
Palau
40.4%
in 2023
Malaysia rank
91st
Palau rank
90th
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Malaysia
- Palau
How they compare
Palau currently reports 40.4% against 40.3% in Malaysia, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malaysia ahead.
Malaysia ranks 91st and Palau ranks 90th of 236 countries.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 47.5% | 37.9% | 9.5% | Malaysia |
| 1960s | 45.9% | 36.7% | 9.2% | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 43.8% | 34.1% | 9.7% | Malaysia |
| 1980s | 41.5% | 31.1% | 10.4% | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 40.5% | 33.4% | 7.1% | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 40.4% | 35.8% | 4.6% | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 40.4% | 37.4% | 2.9% | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 40.1% | 39.7% | 0.4% | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Malaysia or Palau?
- Palau, at 40.4% against 40.3% in Malaysia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Malaysia and Palau?
- 0.1%, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Palau?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Malaysia and Palau rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Malaysia ranks 91st and Palau ranks 90th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.