Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Brazil or Japan?

Brazil, at 6.22 years against 6.05 years in Japan as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Japan?

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.

Brazil vs Japan: Sex gap in life expectancy

Brazil

6.22 years

in 2023

Japan

6.05 years

in 2023

Brazil rank

64th

Japan rank

66th

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Brazil
Japan

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 6.22 years against 6.05 years in Japan, a difference of 0.17 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 64th and Japan ranks 66th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and Japan in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Japan	Difference	Ahead
1950s	4.6 years	3.96 years	0.6361 years	Brazil
1960s	4.68 years	5.11 years	0.4287 years	Japan
1970s	4.74 years	5.26 years	0.517 years	Japan
1980s	4.87 years	5.62 years	0.7488 years	Japan
1990s	6.22 years	6.34 years	0.1127 years	Japan
2000s	6.78 years	6.84 years	0.0569 years	Japan
2010s	6.74 years	6.31 years	0.4347 years	Brazil
2020s	6.31 years	6.08 years	0.2295 years	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Brazil or Japan?: Brazil, at 6.22 years against 6.05 years in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Brazil and Japan?: 0.17 years, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Japan?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Japan rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Brazil ranks 64th and Japan ranks 66th 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.