Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Cook Islands or Guadeloupe?

Guadeloupe, at 7.4 years against 7.18 years in Cook Islands as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Cook Islands and Guadeloupe?

0.22 years, with Guadeloupe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Guadeloupe?

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.

Cook Islands vs Guadeloupe: Sex gap in life expectancy

Cook Islands

7.18 years

in 2023

Guadeloupe

7.4 years

in 2023

Cook Islands rank

31st

Guadeloupe rank

28th

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Cook Islands
Guadeloupe

How they compare

Guadeloupe currently reports 7.4 years against 7.18 years in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.22 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guadeloupe ahead.

Cook Islands ranks 31st and Guadeloupe ranks 28th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cook Islands	Guadeloupe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	-0.5925 years	4.81 years	5.41 years	Guadeloupe
1960s	-0.4088 years	5.45 years	5.86 years	Guadeloupe
1970s	4.31 years	6.61 years	2.3 years	Guadeloupe
1980s	5.78 years	7.53 years	1.75 years	Guadeloupe
1990s	6.08 years	7.71 years	1.63 years	Guadeloupe
2000s	7.48 years	7.91 years	0.4254 years	Guadeloupe
2010s	7.51 years	8.05 years	0.5443 years	Guadeloupe
2020s	7.2 years	8.12 years	0.9147 years	Guadeloupe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Cook Islands or Guadeloupe?: Guadeloupe, at 7.4 years against 7.18 years in Cook Islands as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Cook Islands and Guadeloupe?: 0.22 years, with Guadeloupe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Guadeloupe?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cook Islands and Guadeloupe rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Cook Islands ranks 31st and Guadeloupe ranks 28th 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.