Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Korea or Slovakia?

Slovakia, at 5.84 years against 5.81 years in Korea as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Korea and Slovakia?

0.03 years, with Slovakia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Slovakia?

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.

Korea vs Slovakia: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Korea

5.81 years

in 2023

Slovakia

5.84 years

in 2023

Korea rank

36th

Slovakia rank

35th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Korea
Slovakia

How they compare

Slovakia currently reports 5.84 years against 5.81 years in Korea, a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Korea ahead.

Korea ranks 36th and Slovakia ranks 35th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Korea	Slovakia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	6.36 years	2.37 years	3.99 years	Korea
1960s	5.58 years	3.3 years	2.28 years	Korea
1970s	7.09 years	4.94 years	2.15 years	Korea
1980s	7.71 years	6.26 years	1.46 years	Korea
1990s	7.2 years	6.85 years	0.355 years	Korea
2000s	6.79 years	6.71 years	0.072 years	Korea
2010s	6.51 years	6.16 years	0.3561 years	Korea
2020s	5.99 years	5.97 years	0.0239 years	Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Korea or Slovakia?: Slovakia, at 5.84 years against 5.81 years in Korea as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Korea and Slovakia?: 0.03 years, with Slovakia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Slovakia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Korea and Slovakia rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Korea ranks 36th and Slovakia ranks 35th 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.