Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Belarus or Latvia?

Belarus, at 8.14 years against 7.63 years in Latvia as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Belarus and Latvia?

0.51 years, with Belarus ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Latvia?

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.

Belarus vs Latvia: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Belarus

8.14 years

in 2023

Latvia

7.63 years

in 2023

Belarus rank

4th

Latvia rank

7th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Belarus
Latvia

How they compare

Belarus currently reports 8.14 years against 7.63 years in Latvia, a difference of 0.51 years.

That makes Belarus's figure about 1.1 times Latvia's.

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

Belarus ranks 4th and Latvia ranks 7th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Belarus averaged higher in 3 and Latvia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belarus	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	3.88 years	4.54 years	0.6688 years	Latvia
1960s	4.63 years	5.1 years	0.4713 years	Latvia
1970s	5.79 years	6.27 years	0.4832 years	Latvia
1980s	6.78 years	6.85 years	0.067 years	Latvia
1990s	8.24 years	8.39 years	0.1541 years	Latvia
2000s	8.94 years	8.46 years	0.4794 years	Belarus
2010s	8.79 years	8.01 years	0.7774 years	Belarus
2020s	8.44 years	7.83 years	0.6126 years	Belarus

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Belarus or Latvia?: Belarus, at 8.14 years against 7.63 years in Latvia as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Belarus and Latvia?: 0.51 years, with Belarus ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Latvia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Belarus and Latvia rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Belarus ranks 4th and Latvia ranks 7th 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.