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
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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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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
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