Afghanistan vs India: Sex gap in life expectancy
Afghanistan
3.07 years
in 2023
India
3.08 years
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
219th
India rank
218th
Sex gap in life expectancy over time
- Afghanistan
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 3.08 years against 3.07 years in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.01 years.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 219th and India ranks 218th of 236 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.36 years | -1.42 years | 2.78 years | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 1.45 years | -1.22 years | 2.67 years | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 1.88 years | -0.8773 years | 2.76 years | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 6.22 years | 0.6193 years | 5.6 years | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 3.89 years | 1.6 years | 2.29 years | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 3 years | 2.65 years | 0.3474 years | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 4.35 years | 3.1 years | 1.24 years | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 4.9 years | 3.12 years | 1.78 years | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Afghanistan or India?
- India, at 3.08 years against 3.07 years in Afghanistan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Afghanistan and India?
- 0.01 years, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and India?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and India rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?
- Afghanistan ranks 219th and India ranks 218th 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.