Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Bulgaria or Romania?

Romania, at 6.29 years against 6.28 years in Bulgaria as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Bulgaria and Romania?

0.01 years, with Romania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Romania?

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.

Bulgaria vs Romania: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Bulgaria

6.28 years

in 2023

Romania

6.29 years

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

21st

Romania rank

20th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Bulgaria
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 6.29 years against 6.28 years in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 18 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Romania ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 21st and Romania ranks 20th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 5 and Romania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2.2 years	2.53 years	0.3255 years	Romania
1960s	2.51 years	2.8 years	0.2954 years	Romania
1970s	3.36 years	3.2 years	0.1556 years	Bulgaria
1980s	4.54 years	4.12 years	0.4172 years	Bulgaria
1990s	5.53 years	5.4 years	0.1317 years	Bulgaria
2000s	5.87 years	5.69 years	0.1804 years	Bulgaria
2010s	6.11 years	6.09 years	0.0179 years	Bulgaria
2020s	6.38 years	6.5 years	0.1237 years	Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Bulgaria or Romania?: Romania, at 6.29 years against 6.28 years in Bulgaria as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Bulgaria and Romania?: 0.01 years, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Romania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and Romania rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Bulgaria ranks 21st and Romania ranks 20th 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.