Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Guam or Puerto Rico?

Puerto Rico, at 6.09 years against 6.09 years in Guam as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Guam and Puerto Rico?

0 years, with Puerto Rico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guam and Puerto Rico?

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.

Guam vs Puerto Rico: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Guam

6.09 years

in 2023

Puerto Rico

6.09 years

in 2023

Guam rank

25th

Puerto Rico rank

24th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Guam
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 6.09 years against 6.09 years in Guam, a difference of 0 years.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Puerto Rico ahead.

Guam ranks 25th and Puerto Rico ranks 24th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Guam averaged higher in 3 and Puerto Rico in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guam	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.46 years	1.94 years	0.4828 years	Puerto Rico
1960s	1.87 years	3.13 years	1.26 years	Puerto Rico
1970s	4.1 years	3.83 years	0.2675 years	Guam
1980s	3.99 years	4.01 years	0.025 years	Puerto Rico
1990s	3.97 years	5.28 years	1.31 years	Puerto Rico
2000s	4.06 years	5.14 years	1.09 years	Puerto Rico
2010s	5.85 years	5.46 years	0.385 years	Guam
2020s	6.2 years	5.62 years	0.579 years	Guam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Guam or Puerto Rico?: Puerto Rico, at 6.09 years against 6.09 years in Guam as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Guam and Puerto Rico?: 0 years, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guam and Puerto Rico?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guam and Puerto Rico rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Guam ranks 25th and Puerto Rico ranks 24th 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.