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

Mozambique, at 6.24 years against 6.22 years in Brazil as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Brazil and Mozambique?

0.02 years, with Mozambique ahead.

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

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 Mozambique: Sex gap in life expectancy

Brazil

6.22 years

in 2023

Mozambique

6.24 years

in 2023

Brazil rank

64th

Mozambique rank

63rd

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Brazil
Mozambique

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 6.24 years against 6.22 years in Brazil, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 64th and Mozambique ranks 63rd of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Mozambique	Difference	Ahead
1950s	4.6 years	2.9 years	1.7 years	Brazil
1960s	4.68 years	2.95 years	1.74 years	Brazil
1970s	4.74 years	2.2 years	2.54 years	Brazil
1980s	4.87 years	4.39 years	0.479 years	Brazil
1990s	6.22 years	2.68 years	3.55 years	Brazil
2000s	6.78 years	2.61 years	4.17 years	Brazil
2010s	6.74 years	4.09 years	2.65 years	Brazil
2020s	6.31 years	6.08 years	0.227 years	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Brazil or Mozambique?: Mozambique, at 6.24 years against 6.22 years in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Brazil and Mozambique?: 0.02 years, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Mozambique?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Mozambique rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Brazil ranks 64th and Mozambique ranks 63rd 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.