Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Bhutan or Mauritania?

Mauritania, at 3.11 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 Mauritania?

0.04 years, with Mauritania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Mauritania?

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.

Bhutan vs Mauritania: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Bhutan

3.07 years

in 2023

Mauritania

3.11 years

in 2023

Bhutan rank

178th

Mauritania rank

175th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Bhutan
Mauritania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 3.11 years against 3.07 years in Bhutan, a difference of 0.04 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 178th and Mauritania ranks 175th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 5 and Mauritania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2.05 years	1.44 years	0.6079 years	Bhutan
1960s	2.1 years	1.5 years	0.5929 years	Bhutan
1970s	2.04 years	1.88 years	0.161 years	Bhutan
1980s	2.12 years	2.02 years	0.0986 years	Bhutan
1990s	2.25 years	2 years	0.25 years	Bhutan
2000s	2.34 years	2.74 years	0.3949 years	Mauritania
2010s	2.55 years	3 years	0.4537 years	Mauritania
2020s	2.97 years	3.12 years	0.1489 years	Mauritania

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 Mauritania?: Mauritania, at 3.11 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 Mauritania?: 0.04 years, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Mauritania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bhutan and Mauritania rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Bhutan ranks 178th and Mauritania ranks 175th 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.