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

Costa Rica, at 3.85 years against 3.79 years in Italy as of 2023.

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

0.06 years, with Costa Rica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica 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.

Costa Rica vs Italy: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Costa Rica

3.85 years

in 2023

Italy

3.79 years

in 2023

Costa Rica rank

130th

Italy rank

133rd

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Costa Rica
Italy

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 3.85 years against 3.79 years in Italy, a difference of 0.06 years.

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

Costa Rica ranks 130th and Italy ranks 133rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Italy in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.4 years	2.98 years	1.58 years	Italy
1960s	1.77 years	4.19 years	2.42 years	Italy
1970s	2.24 years	5.12 years	2.88 years	Italy
1980s	2.99 years	5.6 years	2.61 years	Italy
1990s	3.44 years	5.39 years	1.95 years	Italy
2000s	3.83 years	4.84 years	1.01 years	Italy
2010s	3.97 years	4.12 years	0.1477 years	Italy
2020s	4.36 years	4.1 years	0.2591 years	Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Costa Rica or Italy?: Costa Rica, at 3.85 years against 3.79 years in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Costa Rica and Italy?: 0.06 years, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Italy?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Italy rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Costa Rica ranks 130th 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.