Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Malawi or Paraguay?

Paraguay, at 4.59 years against 4.52 years in Malawi as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Malawi and Paraguay?

0.07 years, with Paraguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Paraguay?

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.

Malawi vs Paraguay: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Malawi

4.52 years

in 2023

Paraguay

4.59 years

in 2023

Malawi rank

82nd

Paraguay rank

79th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Malawi
Paraguay

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 4.59 years against 4.52 years in Malawi, a difference of 0.07 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Paraguay ahead.

Malawi ranks 82nd and Paraguay ranks 79th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 1 and Paraguay in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Paraguay	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.64 years	3.25 years	1.61 years	Paraguay
1960s	1.61 years	2.97 years	1.35 years	Paraguay
1970s	1.92 years	2.49 years	0.5732 years	Paraguay
1980s	2.48 years	2.44 years	0.0404 years	Malawi
1990s	1.71 years	2.96 years	1.25 years	Paraguay
2000s	2.38 years	3.56 years	1.18 years	Paraguay
2010s	3.84 years	4.35 years	0.5097 years	Paraguay
2020s	4.69 years	4.75 years	0.0633 years	Paraguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Malawi or Paraguay?: Paraguay, at 4.59 years against 4.52 years in Malawi as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Malawi and Paraguay?: 0.07 years, with Paraguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Paraguay?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Malawi and Paraguay rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Malawi ranks 82nd and Paraguay ranks 79th 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.