Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Malaysia or Mozambique?

Mozambique, at 3.97 years against 3.96 years in Malaysia as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Malaysia and Mozambique?

0.01 years, with Mozambique ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Mozambique?

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.

Malaysia vs Mozambique: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Malaysia

3.96 years

in 2023

Mozambique

3.97 years

in 2023

Malaysia rank

124th

Mozambique rank

122nd

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Malaysia
Mozambique

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 3.97 years against 3.96 years in Malaysia, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 124th and Mozambique ranks 122nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 7 and Mozambique in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malaysia	Mozambique	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.76 years	1.7 years	0.0675 years	Malaysia
1960s	2.01 years	1.76 years	0.256 years	Malaysia
1970s	2.51 years	1.25 years	1.25 years	Malaysia
1980s	3.26 years	2.27 years	0.9852 years	Malaysia
1990s	3.54 years	1.8 years	1.74 years	Malaysia
2000s	3.66 years	1.83 years	1.83 years	Malaysia
2010s	3.82 years	2.7 years	1.12 years	Malaysia
2020s	3.95 years	3.95 years	0.0006 years	Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Malaysia or Mozambique?: Mozambique, at 3.97 years against 3.96 years in Malaysia as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Malaysia and Mozambique?: 0.01 years, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Mozambique?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Malaysia and Mozambique rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Malaysia ranks 124th and Mozambique ranks 122nd 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.