Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Saint Lucia or Suriname?

Suriname, at 5.56 years against 5.48 years in Saint Lucia as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Saint Lucia and Suriname?

0.08 years, with Suriname ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Saint Lucia and Suriname?

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.

Saint Lucia vs Suriname: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Saint Lucia

5.48 years

in 2023

Suriname

5.56 years

in 2023

Saint Lucia rank

50th

Suriname rank

49th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Saint Lucia
Suriname

How they compare

Suriname currently reports 5.56 years against 5.48 years in Saint Lucia, a difference of 0.08 years.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Suriname ahead.

Saint Lucia ranks 50th and Suriname ranks 49th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Saint Lucia averaged higher in 1 and Suriname in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Saint Lucia	Suriname	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2.28 years	2.77 years	0.4915 years	Suriname
1960s	2.42 years	3.59 years	1.16 years	Suriname
1970s	3.5 years	4.17 years	0.6671 years	Suriname
1980s	3.88 years	4.38 years	0.5022 years	Suriname
1990s	3.84 years	4.52 years	0.6751 years	Suriname
2000s	4.72 years	4.41 years	0.3094 years	Saint Lucia
2010s	4.87 years	5.43 years	0.5562 years	Suriname
2020s	5.62 years	5.7 years	0.0755 years	Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Saint Lucia or Suriname?: Suriname, at 5.56 years against 5.48 years in Saint Lucia as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Saint Lucia and Suriname?: 0.08 years, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Saint Lucia and Suriname?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Saint Lucia and Suriname rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Saint Lucia ranks 50th and Suriname ranks 49th 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.