Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Jamaica or Samoa?

Jamaica, at 3.58 years against 3.56 years in Samoa as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Jamaica and Samoa?

0.02 years, with Jamaica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Samoa?

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.

Jamaica vs Samoa: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Jamaica

3.58 years

in 2023

Samoa

3.56 years

in 2023

Jamaica rank

147th

Samoa rank

148th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Jamaica
Samoa

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 3.58 years against 3.56 years in Samoa, a difference of 0.02 years.

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

Jamaica ranks 147th and Samoa ranks 148th of 236 countries.

Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jamaica	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.99 years	3.43 years	1.43 years	Samoa
1960s	2.28 years	3.54 years	1.26 years	Samoa
1970s	2.49 years	3.99 years	1.5 years	Samoa
1980s	1.49 years	4.48 years	2.99 years	Samoa
1990s	1.71 years	4.7 years	2.99 years	Samoa
2000s	3.27 years	4.5 years	1.23 years	Samoa
2010s	3.31 years	3.81 years	0.5035 years	Samoa
2020s	3.55 years	3.6 years	0.0492 years	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Jamaica or Samoa?: Jamaica, at 3.58 years against 3.56 years in Samoa as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Jamaica and Samoa?: 0.02 years, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Samoa?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Jamaica and Samoa rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Jamaica ranks 147th and Samoa ranks 148th 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.