Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Nepal or Somalia?

Nepal, at 2.39 years against 2.31 years in Somalia as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Somalia?

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.

Nepal vs Somalia: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Nepal

2.39 years

in 2023

Somalia

2.31 years

in 2023

Nepal rank

213th

Somalia rank

216th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Nepal
Somalia

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 2.39 years against 2.31 years in Somalia, a difference of 0.08 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nepal ahead.

Nepal ranks 213th and Somalia ranks 216th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 5 and Somalia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nepal	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.93 years	1.86 years	0.0686 years	Nepal
1960s	1.41 years	1.85 years	0.4375 years	Somalia
1970s	1.43 years	1.84 years	0.4117 years	Somalia
1980s	1.52 years	2.16 years	0.6358 years	Somalia
1990s	2.36 years	2.17 years	0.1821 years	Nepal
2000s	2.73 years	1.87 years	0.8552 years	Nepal
2010s	2.24 years	2.15 years	0.097 years	Nepal
2020s	2.49 years	2.28 years	0.2112 years	Nepal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Nepal or Somalia?: Nepal, at 2.39 years against 2.31 years in Somalia as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Nepal and Somalia?: 0.08 years, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Somalia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Nepal and Somalia rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Nepal ranks 213th and Somalia ranks 216th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Nepal vs Somalia: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45. Statizoid, drawing on Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/difference-in-female-and-male-life-expectancy-at-age-45/nepal/somalia-fed-rep/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/difference-in-female-and-male-life-expectancy-at-age-45/nepal/somalia-fed-rep/">Nepal vs Somalia: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.