Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Cuba or Vatican?

Vatican, at 4.28 years against 4.23 years in Cuba as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Cuba and Vatican?

0.05 years, with Vatican ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Vatican?

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.

Cuba vs Vatican: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Cuba

4.23 years

in 2023

Vatican

4.28 years

in 2023

Cuba rank

104th

Vatican rank

102nd

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Cuba
Vatican

How they compare

Vatican currently reports 4.28 years against 4.23 years in Cuba, a difference of 0.05 years.

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

Cuba ranks 104th and Vatican ranks 102nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 1 and Vatican in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cuba	Vatican	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2.51 years	2.62 years	0.1139 years	Vatican
1960s	2.55 years	3.33 years	0.7828 years	Vatican
1970s	2.37 years	4.3 years	1.93 years	Vatican
1980s	2.98 years	5.28 years	2.3 years	Vatican
1990s	2.99 years	5.68 years	2.69 years	Vatican
2000s	3.34 years	5.01 years	1.67 years	Vatican
2010s	3.66 years	4.31 years	0.6556 years	Vatican
2020s	4.39 years	4.26 years	0.1353 years	Cuba

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Cuba or Vatican?: Vatican, at 4.28 years against 4.23 years in Cuba as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Cuba and Vatican?: 0.05 years, with Vatican ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Vatican?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cuba and Vatican rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Cuba ranks 104th and Vatican ranks 102nd 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

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