Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Kenya or Nicaragua?

Nicaragua, at 3.54 years against 3.53 years in Kenya as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Kenya and Nicaragua?

0.01 years, with Nicaragua ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Nicaragua?

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.

Kenya vs Nicaragua: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Kenya

3.53 years

in 2023

Nicaragua

3.54 years

in 2023

Kenya rank

153rd

Nicaragua rank

151st

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Kenya
Nicaragua

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 3.54 years against 3.53 years in Kenya, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Kenya ranks 153rd and Nicaragua ranks 151st of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Nicaragua	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.85 years	1.96 years	0.1079 years	Nicaragua
1960s	1.94 years	2.45 years	0.5128 years	Nicaragua
1970s	2.39 years	3.81 years	1.42 years	Nicaragua
1980s	2.59 years	4.8 years	2.2 years	Nicaragua
1990s	1.8 years	3.47 years	1.67 years	Nicaragua
2000s	1.82 years	3.62 years	1.79 years	Nicaragua
2010s	3.06 years	3.66 years	0.598 years	Nicaragua
2020s	3.72 years	4.07 years	0.355 years	Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Kenya or Nicaragua?: Nicaragua, at 3.54 years against 3.53 years in Kenya as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Kenya and Nicaragua?: 0.01 years, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Nicaragua?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Kenya and Nicaragua rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Kenya ranks 153rd and Nicaragua ranks 151st 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.