Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Iraq or Western Sahara?

Western Sahara, at 2.94 years against 2.9 years in Iraq as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Iraq and Western Sahara?

0.04 years, with Western Sahara ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Western Sahara?

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.

Iraq vs Western Sahara: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Iraq

2.9 years

in 2023

Western Sahara

2.94 years

in 2023

Iraq rank

185th

Western Sahara rank

183rd

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Iraq
Western Sahara

How they compare

Western Sahara currently reports 2.94 years against 2.9 years in Iraq, a difference of 0.04 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 185th and Western Sahara ranks 183rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 7 and Western Sahara in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	Western Sahara	Difference	Ahead
1950s	4.65 years	2.43 years	2.22 years	Iraq
1960s	4.09 years	2.4 years	1.69 years	Iraq
1970s	3.64 years	4.61 years	0.9712 years	Western Sahara
1980s	5.99 years	5.38 years	0.6119 years	Iraq
1990s	4.02 years	2.43 years	1.59 years	Iraq
2000s	3.7 years	2.46 years	1.23 years	Iraq
2010s	3.03 years	2.55 years	0.4776 years	Iraq
2020s	3.24 years	2.79 years	0.4499 years	Iraq

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Iraq or Western Sahara?: Western Sahara, at 2.94 years against 2.9 years in Iraq as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Iraq and Western Sahara?: 0.04 years, with Western Sahara ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Western Sahara?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Iraq and Western Sahara rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Iraq ranks 185th and Western Sahara ranks 183rd 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.