Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Bahrain or Nigeria?

Bahrain, at 1.05 years against 0.7507 years in Nigeria as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Bahrain and Nigeria?

0.2993 years, with Bahrain ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Nigeria?

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.

Bahrain vs Nigeria: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Bahrain

1.05 years

in 2023

Nigeria

0.7507 years

in 2023

Bahrain rank

235th

Nigeria rank

236th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Bahrain
Nigeria

How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 1.05 years against 0.7507 years in Nigeria, a difference of 0.2993 years.

That makes Bahrain's figure about 1.4 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bahrain ahead.

Bahrain ranks 235th and Nigeria ranks 236th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahrain	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1950s	3.26 years	2.05 years	1.21 years	Bahrain
1960s	2.64 years	2.23 years	0.4112 years	Bahrain
1970s	2.28 years	1.94 years	0.3405 years	Bahrain
1980s	1.98 years	1.92 years	0.0672 years	Bahrain
1990s	2 years	1.74 years	0.266 years	Bahrain
2000s	2.2 years	0.8485 years	1.35 years	Bahrain
2010s	1.49 years	0.7372 years	0.7484 years	Bahrain
2020s	1.68 years	0.8158 years	0.8682 years	Bahrain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Bahrain or Nigeria?: Bahrain, at 1.05 years against 0.7507 years in Nigeria as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Bahrain and Nigeria?: 0.2993 years, with Bahrain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Nigeria?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bahrain and Nigeria rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Bahrain ranks 235th and Nigeria ranks 236th 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.