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Bhutan vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Bhutan
3.07 years
in 2023
Lao People's Democratic Republic
3.07 years
in 2023
Bhutan rank
178th
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
177th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

  • Bhutan
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
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How they compare

Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 3.07 years against 3.07 years in Bhutan, a difference of 0 years.

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

Bhutan ranks 178th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 177th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 5 and Lao People's Democratic Republic in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Lao People's Democratic Republic Difference Ahead
1950s 2.05 years 1.55 years 0.4978 years Bhutan
1960s 2.1 years 2.07 years 0.0254 years Bhutan
1970s 2.04 years 1.83 years 0.2132 years Bhutan
1980s 2.12 years 1.51 years 0.6123 years Bhutan
1990s 2.25 years 2.02 years 0.2242 years Bhutan
2000s 2.34 years 2.8 years 0.4623 years Lao People's Democratic Republic
2010s 2.55 years 2.9 years 0.3539 years Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020s 2.97 years 3.28 years 0.3063 years Lao People's Democratic Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Bhutan or Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 3.07 years against 3.07 years in Bhutan as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Bhutan and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
0 years, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bhutan and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?
Bhutan ranks 178th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 177th 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
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Difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.