Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Poland or Uruguay?

Uruguay, at 6.43 years against 6.36 years in Poland as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Poland and Uruguay?

0.07 years, with Uruguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and Uruguay?

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.

Poland vs Uruguay: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Poland

6.36 years

in 2023

Uruguay

6.43 years

in 2023

Poland rank

18th

Uruguay rank

17th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Poland
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 6.43 years against 6.36 years in Poland, a difference of 0.07 years.

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

Poland ranks 18th and Uruguay ranks 17th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Poland averaged higher in 4 and Uruguay in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Poland	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1950s	3.66 years	4.99 years	1.32 years	Uruguay
1960s	4.26 years	5.29 years	1.03 years	Uruguay
1970s	5.38 years	5.75 years	0.3726 years	Uruguay
1980s	6.33 years	6.39 years	0.0638 years	Uruguay
1990s	6.95 years	6.88 years	0.0701 years	Poland
2000s	7.01 years	6.91 years	0.0996 years	Poland
2010s	6.68 years	6.45 years	0.2316 years	Poland
2020s	6.72 years	6.41 years	0.3102 years	Poland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Poland or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 6.43 years against 6.36 years in Poland as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Poland and Uruguay?: 0.07 years, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and Uruguay?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Poland and Uruguay rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Poland ranks 18th and Uruguay ranks 17th 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.