Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Barbados or Cayman Islands?

Barbados, at 4.98 years against 4.89 years in Cayman Islands as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Barbados and Cayman Islands?

0.09 years, with Barbados ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Cayman Islands?

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.

Barbados vs Cayman Islands: Sex gap in life expectancy

Barbados

4.98 years

in 2023

Cayman Islands

4.89 years

in 2023

Barbados rank

123rd

Cayman Islands rank

125th

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Barbados
Cayman Islands

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 4.98 years against 4.89 years in Cayman Islands, a difference of 0.09 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cayman Islands ahead.

Barbados ranks 123rd and Cayman Islands ranks 125th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Cayman Islands	Difference	Ahead
1950s	3.64 years	4.32 years	0.6846 years	Cayman Islands
1960s	3.54 years	4.41 years	0.8719 years	Cayman Islands
1970s	3.92 years	4.62 years	0.7048 years	Cayman Islands
1980s	3.96 years	5.17 years	1.21 years	Cayman Islands
1990s	5.36 years	5.57 years	0.2179 years	Cayman Islands
2000s	4.65 years	5.31 years	0.6646 years	Cayman Islands
2010s	4.38 years	4.91 years	0.533 years	Cayman Islands
2020s	4.7 years	4.96 years	0.255 years	Cayman Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Barbados or Cayman Islands?: Barbados, at 4.98 years against 4.89 years in Cayman Islands as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Barbados and Cayman Islands?: 0.09 years, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Cayman Islands?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Cayman Islands rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Barbados ranks 123rd and Cayman Islands ranks 125th 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.