Japan vs Montenegro: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45
Japan
5.74 years
in 2023
Montenegro
5.77 years
in 2023
Japan rank
41st
Montenegro rank
39th
Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time
- Japan
- Montenegro
How they compare
Montenegro currently reports 5.77 years against 5.74 years in Japan, a difference of 0.03 years.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 41st and Montenegro ranks 39th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 7 and Montenegro in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Montenegro | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.34 years | 1.96 years | 1.37 years | Japan |
| 1960s | 3.94 years | 2.6 years | 1.34 years | Japan |
| 1970s | 4.2 years | 3.6 years | 0.5931 years | Japan |
| 1980s | 4.84 years | 4.59 years | 0.2526 years | Japan |
| 1990s | 5.7 years | 5.25 years | 0.4548 years | Japan |
| 2000s | 6.29 years | 5.05 years | 1.23 years | Japan |
| 2010s | 5.89 years | 5.19 years | 0.7081 years | Japan |
| 2020s | 5.76 years | 5.9 years | 0.1389 years | Montenegro |
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 Montenegro?
- Montenegro, at 5.77 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 Montenegro?
- 0.03 years, with Montenegro ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Montenegro?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Montenegro rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?
- Japan ranks 41st and Montenegro ranks 39th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β 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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About this data
Difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.