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

Maldives, at 2.88 years against 2.86 years in Senegal as of 2023.

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

0.02 years, with Maldives ahead.

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

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.

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

Maldives

2.88 years

in 2023

Senegal

2.86 years

in 2023

Maldives rank

189th

Senegal rank

191st

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Maldives
Senegal

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 2.88 years against 2.86 years in Senegal, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Senegal ahead.

Maldives ranks 189th and Senegal ranks 191st of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Maldives	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	0.2388 years	1.38 years	1.14 years	Senegal
1960s	0.3894 years	1.4 years	1.01 years	Senegal
1970s	0.7167 years	1.6 years	0.8817 years	Senegal
1980s	1.14 years	2.1 years	0.9605 years	Senegal
1990s	1.48 years	2.25 years	0.7699 years	Senegal
2000s	2.06 years	2.46 years	0.4021 years	Senegal
2010s	2.6 years	2.75 years	0.1456 years	Senegal
2020s	2.68 years	3.02 years	0.3323 years	Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Maldives or Senegal?: Maldives, at 2.88 years against 2.86 years in Senegal as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Maldives and Senegal?: 0.02 years, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Senegal?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Maldives and Senegal rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Maldives ranks 189th and Senegal ranks 191st 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.