Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Eritrea or Sierra Leone?

Eritrea, at 2.19 years against 2.12 years in Sierra Leone as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Eritrea and Sierra Leone?

0.07 years, with Eritrea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Sierra Leone?

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.

Eritrea vs Sierra Leone: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Eritrea

2.19 years

in 2023

Sierra Leone

2.12 years

in 2023

Eritrea rank

221st

Sierra Leone rank

223rd

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Eritrea
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 2.19 years against 2.12 years in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.07 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 221st and Sierra Leone ranks 223rd of 236 countries.

Eritrea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.92 years	1.34 years	0.5775 years	Eritrea
1960s	2.09 years	1.28 years	0.8111 years	Eritrea
1970s	2.5 years	1.43 years	1.07 years	Eritrea
1980s	2.42 years	1.53 years	0.8857 years	Eritrea
1990s	2.39 years	1.96 years	0.4307 years	Eritrea
2000s	1.84 years	1.64 years	0.1915 years	Eritrea
2010s	2.09 years	1.56 years	0.5235 years	Eritrea
2020s	2.35 years	2.07 years	0.284 years	Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Eritrea or Sierra Leone?: Eritrea, at 2.19 years against 2.12 years in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Eritrea and Sierra Leone?: 0.07 years, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Sierra Leone?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and Sierra Leone rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Eritrea ranks 221st and Sierra Leone ranks 223rd 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.