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

Sweden, at 3.23 years against 3.11 years in Mauritania as of 2023.

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

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 Sweden: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Mauritania

3.11 years

in 2023

Sweden

3.23 years

in 2023

Mauritania rank

175th

Sweden rank

172nd

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Mauritania
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 3.23 years against 3.11 years in Mauritania, a difference of 0.12 years.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sweden ahead.

Mauritania ranks 175th and Sweden ranks 172nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.44 years	1.92 years	0.4785 years	Sweden
1960s	1.5 years	3.21 years	1.71 years	Sweden
1970s	1.88 years	4.69 years	2.81 years	Sweden
1980s	2.02 years	5.13 years	3.11 years	Sweden
1990s	2 years	4.57 years	2.57 years	Sweden
2000s	2.74 years	3.73 years	0.9963 years	Sweden
2010s	3 years	3.11 years	0.1068 years	Sweden
2020s	3.12 years	3.1 years	0.0263 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 Sweden?: Sweden, at 3.23 years against 3.11 years in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Mauritania and Sweden?: 0.12 years, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Sweden?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Sweden rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Mauritania ranks 175th and Sweden ranks 172nd 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.