Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Latvia or Lithuania?

Lithuania, at 8 years against 7.63 years in Latvia as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Latvia and Lithuania?

0.37 years, with Lithuania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Lithuania?

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.

Latvia vs Lithuania: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Latvia

7.63 years

in 2023

Lithuania

8 years

in 2023

Latvia rank

7th

Lithuania rank

6th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Latvia
Lithuania

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 8 years against 7.63 years in Latvia, a difference of 0.37 years.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Latvia ahead.

Latvia ranks 7th and Lithuania ranks 6th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Latvia averaged higher in 5 and Lithuania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Latvia	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	4.54 years	3.86 years	0.6836 years	Latvia
1960s	5.1 years	4.46 years	0.6433 years	Latvia
1970s	6.27 years	5.74 years	0.532 years	Latvia
1980s	6.85 years	6.61 years	0.2416 years	Latvia
1990s	8.39 years	8.03 years	0.3619 years	Latvia
2000s	8.46 years	8.76 years	0.3037 years	Lithuania
2010s	8.01 years	8.44 years	0.4248 years	Lithuania
2020s	7.83 years	8.14 years	0.3134 years	Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Latvia or Lithuania?: Lithuania, at 8 years against 7.63 years in Latvia as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Latvia and Lithuania?: 0.37 years, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Lithuania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Latvia and Lithuania rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Latvia ranks 7th and Lithuania ranks 6th 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.