Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Finland or France?

France, at 5.01 years against 4.86 years in Finland as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and France?

146 years are reported by both, from 1878 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.

Finland vs France: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Finland

4.86 years

in 2023

France

5.01 years

in 2023

Finland rank

68th

France rank

65th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Finland
France

How they compare

France currently reports 5.01 years against 4.86 years in Finland, a difference of 0.15 years.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 146 shared years of data; in 1878 it was Finland ahead.

Finland ranks 68th and France ranks 65th of 236 countries.

Across the 16 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 9 and France in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Finland	France	Difference	Ahead
1870s	1.95 years	1.36 years	0.585 years	Finland
1880s	1.86 years	1.49 years	0.374 years	Finland
1890s	2.08 years	1.75 years	0.332 years	Finland
1900s	2.48 years	2.52 years	0.041 years	France
1910s	3.66 years	2.94 years	0.719 years	Finland
1920s	3.87 years	3.04 years	0.835 years	Finland
1930s	4.06 years	3.87 years	0.191 years	Finland
1940s	5.11 years	4.22 years	0.885 years	Finland
1950s	4.83 years	4.75 years	0.0882 years	Finland
1960s	5.54 years	5.72 years	0.1791 years	France
1970s	6.85 years	6.36 years	0.482 years	Finland
1980s	6.78 years	6.78 years	0.0028 years	France
1990s	6.15 years	6.66 years	0.5091 years	France
2000s	5.73 years	6.2 years	0.4643 years	France
2010s	4.99 years	5.49 years	0.5015 years	France
2020s	4.86 years	5.27 years	0.41 years	France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Finland or France?: France, at 5.01 years against 4.86 years in Finland as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Finland and France?: 0.15 years, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and France?: 146 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2023.
How do Finland and France rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Finland ranks 68th and France ranks 65th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Finland vs France: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45. Statizoid, drawing on Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/difference-in-female-and-male-life-expectancy-at-age-45/finland/france/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/difference-in-female-and-male-life-expectancy-at-age-45/finland/france/">Finland vs France: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.