Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Greenland or India?

Greenland, at 2.51 years against 2.47 years in India as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Greenland and India?

0.04 years, with Greenland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and India?

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.

Greenland vs India: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Greenland

2.51 years

in 2023

India

2.47 years

in 2023

Greenland rank

207th

India rank

210th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Greenland
India

How they compare

Greenland currently reports 2.51 years against 2.47 years in India, a difference of 0.04 years.

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

Greenland ranks 207th and India ranks 210th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Greenland averaged higher in 4 and India in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Greenland	India	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.86 years	0.9484 years	0.9151 years	Greenland
1960s	3.51 years	1.02 years	2.48 years	Greenland
1970s	2.42 years	1.29 years	1.13 years	Greenland
1980s	3.23 years	2.67 years	0.5577 years	Greenland
1990s	2.73 years	3.02 years	0.2894 years	India
2000s	2.71 years	3.04 years	0.3215 years	India
2010s	2.48 years	2.72 years	0.2406 years	India
2020s	2.49 years	2.55 years	0.0597 years	India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Greenland or India?: Greenland, at 2.51 years against 2.47 years in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Greenland and India?: 0.04 years, with Greenland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and India?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Greenland and India rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Greenland ranks 207th and India ranks 210th 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.