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

Yemen, at 2.85 years against 2.84 years in Zambia as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Yemen 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.

Yemen vs Zambia: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45

Yemen

2.85 years

in 2023

Zambia

2.84 years

in 2023

Yemen rank

192nd

Zambia rank

195th

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 over time

Yemen
Zambia

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 2.85 years against 2.84 years in Zambia, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Yemen ahead.

Yemen ranks 192nd and Zambia ranks 195th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Yemen	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	4.12 years	1.85 years	2.28 years	Yemen
1960s	4.03 years	1.94 years	2.09 years	Yemen
1970s	3.24 years	2.13 years	1.11 years	Yemen
1980s	2.88 years	2.42 years	0.4629 years	Yemen
1990s	2.76 years	1.45 years	1.31 years	Yemen
2000s	2.66 years	1.34 years	1.32 years	Yemen
2010s	3.03 years	2.64 years	0.396 years	Yemen
2020s	3.27 years	3.23 years	0.0358 years	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at age 45, Yemen or Zambia?: Yemen, at 2.85 years against 2.84 years in Zambia as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 between Yemen and Zambia?: 0.01 years, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Yemen and Zambia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Yemen and Zambia rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?: Yemen ranks 192nd 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.