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

Maldives, at 2.88 years against 2.85 years in Yemen as of 2023.

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

0.03 years, with Maldives ahead.

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

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 Yemen: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Maldives

2.88 years

in 2023

Yemen

2.85 years

in 2023

Maldives rank

189th

Yemen rank

192nd

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Maldives
Yemen

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 2.88 years against 2.85 years in Yemen, a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Yemen ahead.

Maldives ranks 189th and Yemen ranks 192nd of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Maldives	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1950s	0.2388 years	4.12 years	3.88 years	Yemen
1960s	0.3894 years	4.03 years	3.64 years	Yemen
1970s	0.7167 years	3.24 years	2.52 years	Yemen
1980s	1.14 years	2.88 years	1.75 years	Yemen
1990s	1.48 years	2.76 years	1.28 years	Yemen
2000s	2.06 years	2.66 years	0.6022 years	Yemen
2010s	2.6 years	3.03 years	0.4317 years	Yemen
2020s	2.68 years	3.27 years	0.5857 years	Yemen

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 Yemen?: Maldives, at 2.88 years against 2.85 years in Yemen as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Maldives and Yemen?: 0.03 years, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Yemen?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Maldives and Yemen rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Maldives ranks 189th and Yemen ranks 192nd 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.