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

Luxembourg, at 3.86 years against 3.85 years in Costa Rica as of 2023.

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

0.01 years, with Luxembourg ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Luxembourg?

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 Luxembourg: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Costa Rica

3.85 years

in 2023

Luxembourg

3.86 years

in 2023

Costa Rica rank

130th

Luxembourg rank

129th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Costa Rica
Luxembourg

How they compare

Luxembourg currently reports 3.86 years against 3.85 years in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Luxembourg ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 130th and Luxembourg ranks 129th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Luxembourg	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.4 years	3.37 years	1.98 years	Luxembourg
1960s	1.77 years	4.74 years	2.97 years	Luxembourg
1970s	2.24 years	5.4 years	3.16 years	Luxembourg
1980s	2.99 years	5.69 years	2.7 years	Luxembourg
1990s	3.44 years	5.44 years	2 years	Luxembourg
2000s	3.83 years	4.71 years	0.8834 years	Luxembourg
2010s	3.97 years	4.17 years	0.1941 years	Luxembourg
2020s	4.36 years	4.06 years	0.2979 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 Luxembourg?: Luxembourg, at 3.86 years against 3.85 years in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Costa Rica and Luxembourg?: 0.01 years, with Luxembourg ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Luxembourg?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Luxembourg rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Costa Rica ranks 130th and Luxembourg ranks 129th 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.