Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Argentina or Barbados?

Barbados, at 4.33 years against 4.3 years in Argentina as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Argentina and Barbados?

0.03 years, with Barbados ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Barbados?

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 Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Argentina vs Barbados: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Argentina

4.3 years

in 2023

Barbados

4.33 years

in 2023

Argentina rank

99th

Barbados rank

97th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Argentina
Barbados

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 4.33 years against 4.3 years in Argentina, a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 99th and Barbados ranks 97th of 236 countries.

Argentina has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Argentina	Barbados	Difference	Ahead
1950s	4.49 years	3.35 years	1.13 years	Argentina
1960s	5.4 years	2.95 years	2.45 years	Argentina
1970s	5.78 years	2.95 years	2.83 years	Argentina
1980s	5.73 years	3.03 years	2.7 years	Argentina
1990s	5.65 years	4.01 years	1.64 years	Argentina
2000s	5.63 years	3.68 years	1.94 years	Argentina
2010s	4.88 years	3.69 years	1.19 years	Argentina
2020s	4.7 years	4.07 years	0.6345 years	Argentina

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Argentina or Barbados?: Barbados, at 4.33 years against 4.3 years in Argentina as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Argentina and Barbados?: 0.03 years, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Barbados?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Argentina and Barbados rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Argentina ranks 99th and Barbados ranks 97th 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 Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45
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

Difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.