Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Austria or Lesotho?

Austria, at 4.14 years against 4.11 years in Lesotho as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Austria and Lesotho?

0.03 years, with Austria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Lesotho?

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.

Austria vs Lesotho: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Austria

4.14 years

in 2023

Lesotho

4.11 years

in 2023

Austria rank

108th

Lesotho rank

110th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Austria
Lesotho

How they compare

Austria currently reports 4.14 years against 4.11 years in Lesotho, a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Lesotho ahead.

Austria ranks 108th and Lesotho ranks 110th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 5 and Lesotho in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Austria	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1950s	3.88 years	4.21 years	0.3318 years	Lesotho
1960s	4.78 years	4.76 years	0.0213 years	Austria
1970s	5.21 years	5.29 years	0.0841 years	Lesotho
1980s	5.46 years	5.68 years	0.2151 years	Lesotho
1990s	5.39 years	4.7 years	0.6915 years	Austria
2000s	4.85 years	3.3 years	1.55 years	Austria
2010s	4.38 years	3.81 years	0.5657 years	Austria
2020s	4.43 years	4.03 years	0.3968 years	Austria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Austria or Lesotho?: Austria, at 4.14 years against 4.11 years in Lesotho as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Austria and Lesotho?: 0.03 years, with Austria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Lesotho?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Austria and Lesotho rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Austria ranks 108th and Lesotho ranks 110th 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.