Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Mauritania or Sudan?

Mauritania, at 3.11 years against 3.1 years in Sudan as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Mauritania and Sudan?

0.01 years, with Mauritania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Sudan?

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.

Mauritania vs Sudan: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Mauritania

3.11 years

in 2023

Sudan

3.1 years

in 2023

Mauritania rank

175th

Sudan rank

176th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Mauritania
Sudan

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 3.11 years against 3.1 years in Sudan, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 175th and Sudan ranks 176th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 4 and Sudan in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania	Sudan	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.44 years	1.1 years	0.3386 years	Mauritania
1960s	1.5 years	1.55 years	0.0507 years	Sudan
1970s	1.88 years	1.82 years	0.0623 years	Mauritania
1980s	2.02 years	2.7 years	0.6744 years	Sudan
1990s	2 years	2.73 years	0.7282 years	Sudan
2000s	2.74 years	2.76 years	0.0259 years	Sudan
2010s	3 years	2.83 years	0.1705 years	Mauritania
2020s	3.12 years	3.06 years	0.0577 years	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Mauritania or Sudan?: Mauritania, at 3.11 years against 3.1 years in Sudan as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Mauritania and Sudan?: 0.01 years, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Sudan?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Sudan rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Mauritania ranks 175th and Sudan ranks 176th 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.