Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Algeria or Liberia?

Algeria, at 2.8 years against 2.57 years in Liberia as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Algeria and Liberia?

0.23 years, with Algeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Liberia?

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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Algeria vs Liberia: Sex gap in life expectancy

Algeria

2.8 years

in 2023

Liberia

2.57 years

in 2023

Algeria rank

224th

Liberia rank

227th

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Algeria
Liberia

How they compare

Algeria currently reports 2.8 years against 2.57 years in Liberia, a difference of 0.23 years.

That makes Algeria's figure about 1.1 times Liberia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Liberia ahead.

Algeria ranks 224th and Liberia ranks 227th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 5 and Liberia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Algeria	Liberia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	4.08 years	2.01 years	2.07 years	Algeria
1960s	2.29 years	2.13 years	0.1539 years	Algeria
1970s	1.52 years	1.94 years	0.4222 years	Liberia
1980s	2.45 years	1.88 years	0.5751 years	Algeria
1990s	2.7 years	5.1 years	2.39 years	Liberia
2000s	2.34 years	3.08 years	0.7437 years	Liberia
2010s	2.43 years	2.4 years	0.0354 years	Algeria
2020s	2.92 years	2.59 years	0.3284 years	Algeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Algeria or Liberia?: Algeria, at 2.8 years against 2.57 years in Liberia as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Algeria and Liberia?: 0.23 years, with Algeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Liberia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Algeria and Liberia rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Algeria ranks 224th and Liberia ranks 227th 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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Indicator: Sex gap in life expectancy
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.