Bahamas vs Cook Islands: Sex gap in life expectancy
Bahamas
7.28 years
in 2023
Cook Islands
7.18 years
in 2023
Bahamas rank
29th
Cook Islands rank
31st
Sex gap in life expectancy over time
- Bahamas
- Cook Islands
How they compare
Bahamas currently reports 7.28 years against 7.18 years in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.1 years.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bahamas ahead.
Bahamas ranks 29th and Cook Islands ranks 31st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 5 and Cook Islands in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Cook Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.96 years | -0.5925 years | 6.55 years | Bahamas |
| 1960s | 5.96 years | -0.4088 years | 6.36 years | Bahamas |
| 1970s | 6.04 years | 4.31 years | 1.74 years | Bahamas |
| 1980s | 6.9 years | 5.78 years | 1.12 years | Bahamas |
| 1990s | 7.04 years | 6.08 years | 0.9606 years | Bahamas |
| 2000s | 6.69 years | 7.48 years | 0.7945 years | Cook Islands |
| 2010s | 7.04 years | 7.51 years | 0.4733 years | Cook Islands |
| 2020s | 7.15 years | 7.2 years | 0.0491 years | Cook Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Bahamas or Cook Islands?
- Bahamas, at 7.28 years against 7.18 years in Cook Islands as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Bahamas and Cook Islands?
- 0.1 years, with Bahamas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Cook Islands?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bahamas and Cook Islands rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?
- Bahamas ranks 29th and Cook Islands ranks 31st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β 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.