Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Bangladesh or Ghana?

Bangladesh, at 2.6 years against 2.58 years in Ghana as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Bangladesh and Ghana?

0.02 years, with Bangladesh ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Ghana?

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.

Bangladesh vs Ghana: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Bangladesh

2.6 years

in 2023

Ghana

2.58 years

in 2023

Bangladesh rank

204th

Ghana rank

206th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Bangladesh
Ghana

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 2.6 years against 2.58 years in Ghana, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ghana ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 204th and Ghana ranks 206th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 3 and Ghana in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Ghana	Difference	Ahead
1950s	-0.0013 years	2.46 years	2.46 years	Ghana
1960s	-0.6737 years	2.43 years	3.11 years	Ghana
1970s	-0.481 years	2.28 years	2.76 years	Ghana
1980s	-0.7536 years	2.04 years	2.79 years	Ghana
1990s	0.5553 years	1.36 years	0.8062 years	Ghana
2000s	1.97 years	1.42 years	0.5472 years	Bangladesh
2010s	3.54 years	1.99 years	1.55 years	Bangladesh
2020s	2.89 years	2.55 years	0.34 years	Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Bangladesh or Ghana?: Bangladesh, at 2.6 years against 2.58 years in Ghana as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Bangladesh and Ghana?: 0.02 years, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Ghana?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bangladesh and Ghana rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Bangladesh ranks 204th and Ghana ranks 206th 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.