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

Belize, at 4.4 years against 4.33 years in Barbados as of 2023.

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

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.

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

Barbados

4.33 years

in 2023

Belize

4.4 years

in 2023

Barbados rank

97th

Belize rank

94th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Barbados
Belize

How they compare

Belize currently reports 4.4 years against 4.33 years in Barbados, a difference of 0.07 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 97th and Belize ranks 94th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 6 and Belize in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Belize	Difference	Ahead
1950s	3.35 years	2.5 years	0.8514 years	Barbados
1960s	2.95 years	2.34 years	0.6123 years	Barbados
1970s	2.95 years	2.6 years	0.3487 years	Barbados
1980s	3.03 years	2.62 years	0.4123 years	Barbados
1990s	4.01 years	3.16 years	0.8552 years	Barbados
2000s	3.68 years	3.68 years	0.0013 years	Barbados
2010s	3.69 years	4.3 years	0.6035 years	Belize
2020s	4.07 years	4.45 years	0.3798 years	Belize

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Barbados or Belize?: Belize, at 4.4 years against 4.33 years in Barbados as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Barbados and Belize?: 0.07 years, with Belize ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Belize?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Belize rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Barbados ranks 97th and Belize ranks 94th 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.