Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Libya or Maldives?

Maldives, at 2.88 years against 2.87 years in Libya as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Libya and Maldives?

0.01 years, with Maldives ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Maldives?

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.

Libya vs Maldives: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Libya

2.87 years

in 2023

Maldives

2.88 years

in 2023

Libya rank

190th

Maldives rank

189th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Libya
Maldives

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 2.88 years against 2.87 years in Libya, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 190th and Maldives ranks 189th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Libya	Maldives	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2.92 years	0.2388 years	2.68 years	Libya
1960s	1.94 years	0.3894 years	1.55 years	Libya
1970s	2.69 years	0.7167 years	1.98 years	Libya
1980s	3.36 years	1.14 years	2.22 years	Libya
1990s	3.1 years	1.48 years	1.62 years	Libya
2000s	3.38 years	2.06 years	1.32 years	Libya
2010s	4.4 years	2.6 years	1.8 years	Libya
2020s	4.18 years	2.68 years	1.49 years	Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Libya or Maldives?: Maldives, at 2.88 years against 2.87 years in Libya as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Libya and Maldives?: 0.01 years, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Maldives?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Libya and Maldives rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Libya ranks 190th and Maldives ranks 189th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Libya vs Maldives: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45. Statizoid, drawing on Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/difference-in-female-and-male-life-expectancy-at-age-45/libya/maldives/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/difference-in-female-and-male-life-expectancy-at-age-45/libya/maldives/">Libya vs Maldives: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.