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

Netherlands, 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 Netherlands and Senegal?

0.02 years, with Netherlands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands 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.

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

Netherlands

2.88 years

in 2023

Senegal

2.86 years

in 2023

Netherlands rank

188th

Senegal rank

191st

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Netherlands
Senegal

How they compare

Netherlands 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.

Netherlands ranks 188th and Senegal ranks 191st of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Netherlands averaged higher in 7 and Senegal in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Netherlands	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.95 years	1.38 years	0.5667 years	Netherlands
1960s	3.87 years	1.4 years	2.48 years	Netherlands
1970s	5.29 years	1.6 years	3.69 years	Netherlands
1980s	5.96 years	2.1 years	3.86 years	Netherlands
1990s	5.23 years	2.25 years	2.97 years	Netherlands
2000s	4.09 years	2.46 years	1.64 years	Netherlands
2010s	3.11 years	2.75 years	0.3601 years	Netherlands
2020s	2.97 years	3.02 years	0.0422 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, Netherlands or Senegal?: Netherlands, 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 Netherlands and Senegal?: 0.02 years, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Senegal?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Netherlands and Senegal rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Netherlands ranks 188th 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.