Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Belarus or Lithuania?

Belarus, at 9.53 years against 9.46 years in Lithuania as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Belarus and Lithuania?

0.07 years, with Belarus ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Lithuania?

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.

Belarus vs Lithuania: Sex gap in life expectancy

Belarus

9.53 years

in 2023

Lithuania

9.46 years

in 2023

Belarus rank

6th

Lithuania rank

7th

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Belarus
Lithuania

How they compare

Belarus currently reports 9.53 years against 9.46 years in Lithuania, a difference of 0.07 years.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Belarus ahead.

Belarus ranks 6th and Lithuania ranks 7th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Belarus averaged higher in 5 and Lithuania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belarus	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	6.97 years	6.37 years	0.6016 years	Belarus
1960s	6.75 years	6.96 years	0.2115 years	Lithuania
1970s	8.5 years	9.02 years	0.528 years	Lithuania
1980s	9.39 years	9.55 years	0.167 years	Lithuania
1990s	11.2 years	11.08 years	0.1148 years	Belarus
2000s	11.85 years	11.63 years	0.2278 years	Belarus
2010s	10.65 years	10.47 years	0.1796 years	Belarus
2020s	9.85 years	9.61 years	0.2379 years	Belarus

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Belarus or Lithuania?: Belarus, at 9.53 years against 9.46 years in Lithuania as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Belarus and Lithuania?: 0.07 years, with Belarus ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Lithuania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Belarus and Lithuania rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Belarus ranks 6th and Lithuania ranks 7th 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.