Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Eritrea or Solomon Islands?

Solomon Islands, at 2.26 years against 2.19 years in Eritrea as of 2023.

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

0.07 years, with Solomon Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Solomon Islands?

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 Solomon Islands: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Eritrea

2.19 years

in 2023

Solomon Islands

2.26 years

in 2023

Eritrea rank

221st

Solomon Islands rank

218th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Eritrea
Solomon Islands

How they compare

Solomon Islands currently reports 2.26 years against 2.19 years in Eritrea, a difference of 0.07 years.

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

Eritrea ranks 221st and Solomon Islands ranks 218th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 1 and Solomon Islands in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Solomon Islands	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.92 years	3.15 years	1.23 years	Solomon Islands
1960s	2.09 years	2.77 years	0.681 years	Solomon Islands
1970s	2.5 years	2.45 years	0.05 years	Eritrea
1980s	2.42 years	2.87 years	0.4488 years	Solomon Islands
1990s	2.39 years	3.14 years	0.7511 years	Solomon Islands
2000s	1.84 years	3.02 years	1.18 years	Solomon Islands
2010s	2.09 years	2.43 years	0.3435 years	Solomon Islands
2020s	2.35 years	2.37 years	0.0179 years	Solomon Islands

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 Solomon Islands?: Solomon Islands, at 2.26 years against 2.19 years in Eritrea as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Eritrea and Solomon Islands?: 0.07 years, with Solomon Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Solomon Islands?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and Solomon Islands rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Eritrea ranks 221st and Solomon Islands ranks 218th 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.