Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Chad or Denmark?

Denmark, at 3.84 years against 3.82 years in Chad as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Chad and Denmark?

0.02 years, with Denmark ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Denmark?

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.

Chad vs Denmark: Sex gap in life expectancy

Chad

3.82 years

in 2023

Denmark

3.84 years

in 2023

Chad rank

193rd

Denmark rank

191st

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Chad
Denmark

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 3.84 years against 3.82 years in Chad, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 193rd and Denmark ranks 191st of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 1 and Denmark in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Denmark	Difference	Ahead
1950s	3.1 years	2.97 years	0.1272 years	Chad
1960s	3.63 years	4.35 years	0.7172 years	Denmark
1970s	4.66 years	5.68 years	1.02 years	Denmark
1980s	5.8 years	5.94 years	0.1384 years	Denmark
1990s	3.49 years	5.19 years	1.7 years	Denmark
2000s	2.18 years	4.53 years	2.35 years	Denmark
2010s	2.4 years	4.01 years	1.61 years	Denmark
2020s	3.7 years	3.81 years	0.1036 years	Denmark

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Chad or Denmark?: Denmark, at 3.84 years against 3.82 years in Chad as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Chad and Denmark?: 0.02 years, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Denmark?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Chad and Denmark rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Chad ranks 193rd and Denmark ranks 191st 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.