Madagascar vs Sierra Leone: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45
Madagascar
1.84 years
in 2023
Sierra Leone
2.12 years
in 2023
Madagascar rank
226th
Sierra Leone rank
223rd
Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time
- Madagascar
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 2.12 years against 1.84 years in Madagascar, a difference of 0.28 years.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 226th and Sierra Leone ranks 223rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 5 and Sierra Leone in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.48 years | 1.34 years | 0.1432 years | Madagascar |
| 1960s | 1.63 years | 1.28 years | 0.351 years | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 1.56 years | 1.43 years | 0.1338 years | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 1.82 years | 1.53 years | 0.289 years | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 1.79 years | 1.96 years | 0.1635 years | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 1.47 years | 1.64 years | 0.1765 years | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 1.72 years | 1.56 years | 0.1623 years | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 1.97 years | 2.07 years | 0.0965 years | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Madagascar or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 2.12 years against 1.84 years in Madagascar as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Madagascar and Sierra Leone?
- 0.28 years, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sierra Leone?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Madagascar and Sierra Leone rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?
- Madagascar ranks 226th and Sierra Leone ranks 223rd 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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About this data
Difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.