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

Uganda, at 4.37 years against 4.33 years in Barbados as of 2023.

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

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 Uganda: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Barbados

4.33 years

in 2023

Uganda

4.37 years

in 2023

Barbados rank

97th

Uganda rank

96th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Barbados
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 4.37 years against 4.33 years in Barbados, a difference of 0.04 years.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 97th and Uganda ranks 96th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 4 and Uganda in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1950s	3.35 years	1.76 years	1.6 years	Barbados
1960s	2.95 years	2.37 years	0.5783 years	Barbados
1970s	2.95 years	3.04 years	0.0923 years	Uganda
1980s	3.03 years	3.86 years	0.8353 years	Uganda
1990s	4.01 years	2.6 years	1.42 years	Barbados
2000s	3.68 years	2.78 years	0.9011 years	Barbados
2010s	3.69 years	3.73 years	0.0377 years	Uganda
2020s	4.07 years	4.56 years	0.4943 years	Uganda

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 Uganda?: Uganda, at 4.37 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 Uganda?: 0.04 years, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Uganda?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Uganda rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Barbados ranks 97th and Uganda ranks 96th 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.