What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Guinea-Bissau and Saudi Arabia?

0.04 years, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Saudi Arabia?

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.

Guinea-Bissau vs Saudi Arabia: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Guinea-Bissau

3.05 years

in 2023

Saudi Arabia

3.01 years

in 2023

Guinea-Bissau rank

179th

Saudi Arabia rank

180th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Guinea-Bissau
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 3.05 years against 3.01 years in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.04 years.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 179th and Saudi Arabia ranks 180th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 4 and Saudi Arabia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea-Bissau	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.65 years	2.71 years	1.06 years	Saudi Arabia
1960s	3.21 years	2.66 years	0.5455 years	Guinea-Bissau
1970s	2.97 years	2.54 years	0.4257 years	Guinea-Bissau
1980s	2.46 years	2.53 years	0.0649 years	Saudi Arabia
1990s	2.88 years	2.73 years	0.1488 years	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	2.52 years	2.81 years	0.2812 years	Saudi Arabia
2010s	2.65 years	2.36 years	0.2846 years	Guinea-Bissau
2020s	3.1 years	3.4 years	0.2997 years	Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Guinea-Bissau or Saudi Arabia?: Guinea-Bissau, at 3.05 years against 3.01 years in Saudi Arabia as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Guinea-Bissau and Saudi Arabia?: 0.04 years, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Saudi Arabia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Saudi Arabia rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Guinea-Bissau ranks 179th and Saudi Arabia ranks 180th 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.