Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Japan or Martinique?

Martinique, at 5.76 years against 5.74 years in Japan as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Japan and Martinique?

0.02 years, with Martinique ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Martinique?

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.

Japan vs Martinique: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Japan

5.74 years

in 2023

Martinique

5.76 years

in 2023

Japan rank

41st

Martinique rank

40th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Japan
Martinique

How they compare

Martinique currently reports 5.76 years against 5.74 years in Japan, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Martinique ahead.

Japan ranks 41st and Martinique ranks 40th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Martinique in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Martinique	Difference	Ahead
1950s	3.34 years	3.51 years	0.1756 years	Martinique
1960s	3.94 years	4.22 years	0.2779 years	Martinique
1970s	4.2 years	4.91 years	0.7145 years	Martinique
1980s	4.84 years	4.77 years	0.0754 years	Japan
1990s	5.7 years	5.12 years	0.5814 years	Japan
2000s	6.29 years	4.91 years	1.37 years	Japan
2010s	5.89 years	4.92 years	0.9759 years	Japan
2020s	5.76 years	5.28 years	0.4822 years	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Japan or Martinique?: Martinique, at 5.76 years against 5.74 years in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Japan and Martinique?: 0.02 years, with Martinique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Martinique?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Japan and Martinique rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Japan ranks 41st and Martinique ranks 40th 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.