What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Saudi Arabia and Western Sahara?

0.07 years, with Saudi Arabia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Western Sahara?

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.

Saudi Arabia vs Western Sahara: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Saudi Arabia

3.01 years

in 2023

Western Sahara

2.94 years

in 2023

Saudi Arabia rank

180th

Western Sahara rank

183rd

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Saudi Arabia
Western Sahara

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 3.01 years against 2.94 years in Western Sahara, a difference of 0.07 years.

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

Saudi Arabia ranks 180th and Western Sahara ranks 183rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Saudi Arabia averaged higher in 5 and Western Sahara in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Saudi Arabia	Western Sahara	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2.71 years	2.43 years	0.2757 years	Saudi Arabia
1960s	2.66 years	2.4 years	0.2639 years	Saudi Arabia
1970s	2.54 years	4.61 years	2.07 years	Western Sahara
1980s	2.53 years	5.38 years	2.85 years	Western Sahara
1990s	2.73 years	2.43 years	0.2984 years	Saudi Arabia
2000s	2.81 years	2.46 years	0.341 years	Saudi Arabia
2010s	2.36 years	2.55 years	0.186 years	Western Sahara
2020s	3.4 years	2.79 years	0.6065 years	Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Saudi Arabia or Western Sahara?: Saudi Arabia, at 3.01 years against 2.94 years in Western Sahara as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Saudi Arabia and Western Sahara?: 0.07 years, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Western Sahara?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Saudi Arabia and Western Sahara rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Saudi Arabia ranks 180th and Western Sahara ranks 183rd 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.