Australia vs Sweden: Sex gap in life expectancy
Australia
3.64 years
in 2023
Sweden
3.66 years
in 2023
Australia rank
199th
Sweden rank
198th
Sex gap in life expectancy over time
- Australia
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 3.66 years against 3.64 years in Australia, a difference of 0.02 years.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 103 shared years of data; in 1921 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 199th and Sweden ranks 198th of 236 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 11 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 3.92 years | 2.19 years | 1.74 years | Australia |
| 1930s | 3.93 years | 2.32 years | 1.61 years | Australia |
| 1940s | 4.27 years | 2.64 years | 1.64 years | Australia |
| 1950s | 5.75 years | 3.11 years | 2.64 years | Australia |
| 1960s | 6.54 years | 4.31 years | 2.24 years | Australia |
| 1970s | 6.95 years | 5.74 years | 1.21 years | Australia |
| 1980s | 6.64 years | 5.97 years | 0.6692 years | Australia |
| 1990s | 5.83 years | 5.24 years | 0.5904 years | Australia |
| 2000s | 4.86 years | 4.29 years | 0.5709 years | Australia |
| 2010s | 4.12 years | 3.62 years | 0.5012 years | Australia |
| 2020s | 3.91 years | 3.58 years | 0.3353 years | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Australia or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 3.66 years against 3.64 years in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Australia and Sweden?
- 0.02 years, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sweden?
- 103 years are reported by both, from 1921 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Sweden rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?
- Australia ranks 199th and Sweden ranks 198th 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.