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

Puerto Rico, at 7.21 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 Puerto Rico?

0.03 years, with Puerto Rico ahead.

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

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 Puerto Rico: Sex gap in life expectancy

Cook Islands

7.18 years

in 2023

Puerto Rico

7.21 years

in 2023

Cook Islands rank

31st

Puerto Rico rank

30th

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Cook Islands
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 7.21 years against 7.18 years in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Puerto Rico ahead.

Cook Islands ranks 31st and Puerto Rico ranks 30th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 2 and Puerto Rico in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cook Islands	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1950s	-0.5925 years	3.4 years	3.99 years	Puerto Rico
1960s	-0.4088 years	5.31 years	5.72 years	Puerto Rico
1970s	4.31 years	6.74 years	2.44 years	Puerto Rico
1980s	5.78 years	7.26 years	1.48 years	Puerto Rico
1990s	6.08 years	8.5 years	2.42 years	Puerto Rico
2000s	7.48 years	7.31 years	0.1719 years	Cook Islands
2010s	7.51 years	6.96 years	0.5547 years	Cook Islands
2020s	7.2 years	7.9 years	0.7009 years	Puerto Rico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Cook Islands or Puerto Rico?: Puerto Rico, at 7.21 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 Puerto Rico?: 0.03 years, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Puerto Rico?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cook Islands and Puerto Rico rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Cook Islands ranks 31st and Puerto Rico ranks 30th 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.