Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, San Marino or Zambia?

Zambia, at 2.84 years against 2.76 years in San Marino as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for San Marino and Zambia?

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.

San Marino vs Zambia: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

San Marino

2.76 years

in 2023

Zambia

2.84 years

in 2023

San Marino rank

197th

Zambia rank

195th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

San Marino
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 2.84 years against 2.76 years in San Marino, a difference of 0.08 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was San Marino ahead.

San Marino ranks 197th and Zambia ranks 195th of 236 countries.

San Marino has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	San Marino	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	4.92 years	1.85 years	3.08 years	San Marino
1960s	5.31 years	1.94 years	3.37 years	San Marino
1970s	5.23 years	2.13 years	3.11 years	San Marino
1980s	4.67 years	2.42 years	2.25 years	San Marino
1990s	4.38 years	1.45 years	2.94 years	San Marino
2000s	3.71 years	1.34 years	2.37 years	San Marino
2010s	3.27 years	2.64 years	0.6358 years	San Marino
2020s	3.27 years	3.23 years	0.0385 years	San Marino

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, San Marino or Zambia?: Zambia, at 2.84 years against 2.76 years in San Marino as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between San Marino and Zambia?: 0.08 years, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for San Marino and Zambia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do San Marino and Zambia rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: San Marino ranks 197th and Zambia ranks 195th 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.