Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Botswana or Italy?

Botswana, at 3.82 years against 3.79 years in Italy as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Botswana and Italy?

0.03 years, with Botswana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Italy?

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.

Botswana vs Italy: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Botswana

3.82 years

in 2023

Italy

3.79 years

in 2023

Botswana rank

132nd

Italy rank

133rd

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Botswana
Italy

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 3.82 years against 3.79 years in Italy, a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 132nd and Italy ranks 133rd of 236 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2.58 years	2.98 years	0.3984 years	Italy
1960s	2.93 years	4.19 years	1.26 years	Italy
1970s	3.21 years	5.12 years	1.91 years	Italy
1980s	3.89 years	5.6 years	1.71 years	Italy
1990s	3.98 years	5.39 years	1.42 years	Italy
2000s	3.17 years	4.84 years	1.67 years	Italy
2010s	3.28 years	4.12 years	0.8401 years	Italy
2020s	3.72 years	4.1 years	0.3779 years	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Botswana or Italy?: Botswana, at 3.82 years against 3.79 years in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Botswana and Italy?: 0.03 years, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Italy?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Botswana and Italy rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Botswana ranks 132nd and Italy ranks 133rd 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.