Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Estonia or Lithuania?

Lithuania, at 8 years against 7.38 years in Estonia as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Estonia and Lithuania?

0.62 years, with Lithuania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Lithuania?

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.

Estonia vs Lithuania: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Estonia

7.38 years

in 2023

Lithuania

8 years

in 2023

Estonia rank

9th

Lithuania rank

6th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Estonia
Lithuania

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 8 years against 7.38 years in Estonia, a difference of 0.62 years.

That makes Lithuania's figure about 1.1 times Estonia's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Estonia ahead.

Estonia ranks 9th and Lithuania ranks 6th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 5 and Lithuania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Estonia	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	5.1 years	3.86 years	1.24 years	Estonia
1960s	5.58 years	4.46 years	1.12 years	Estonia
1970s	6.39 years	5.74 years	0.6543 years	Estonia
1980s	6.91 years	6.61 years	0.2974 years	Estonia
1990s	8.19 years	8.03 years	0.1595 years	Estonia
2000s	8.62 years	8.76 years	0.1433 years	Lithuania
2010s	7.69 years	8.44 years	0.7472 years	Lithuania
2020s	7.58 years	8.14 years	0.5538 years	Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Estonia or Lithuania?: Lithuania, at 8 years against 7.38 years in Estonia as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Estonia and Lithuania?: 0.62 years, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Lithuania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Estonia and Lithuania rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Estonia ranks 9th and Lithuania ranks 6th 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.