Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Cape Verde or Seychelles?

Seychelles, at 5.4 years against 5.32 years in Cape Verde as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Cape Verde and Seychelles?

0.08 years, with Seychelles ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Seychelles?

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.

Cape Verde vs Seychelles: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Cape Verde

5.32 years

in 2023

Seychelles

5.4 years

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

53rd

Seychelles rank

51st

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Cape Verde
Seychelles

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 5.4 years against 5.32 years in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.08 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Seychelles ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 53rd and Seychelles ranks 51st of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and Seychelles in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Seychelles	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2.41 years	4.24 years	1.83 years	Seychelles
1960s	2.03 years	4.81 years	2.78 years	Seychelles
1970s	2.34 years	4.58 years	2.24 years	Seychelles
1980s	3.55 years	5.9 years	2.36 years	Seychelles
1990s	4.94 years	7.38 years	2.44 years	Seychelles
2000s	5.51 years	6.31 years	0.8023 years	Seychelles
2010s	5.53 years	5.66 years	0.1271 years	Seychelles
2020s	5.92 years	5.32 years	0.6066 years	Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Cape Verde or Seychelles?: Seychelles, at 5.4 years against 5.32 years in Cape Verde as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Cape Verde and Seychelles?: 0.08 years, with Seychelles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Seychelles?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cape Verde and Seychelles rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Cape Verde ranks 53rd and Seychelles ranks 51st 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.