Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Costa Rica or Niue?

Costa Rica, at 5.29 years against 5.28 years in Niue as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Costa Rica and Niue?

0.01 years, with Costa Rica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Niue?

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.

Costa Rica vs Niue: Sex gap in life expectancy

Costa Rica

5.29 years

in 2023

Niue

5.28 years

in 2023

Costa Rica rank

101st

Niue rank

103rd

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Costa Rica
Niue

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 5.29 years against 5.28 years in Niue, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Niue ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 101st and Niue ranks 103rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Niue in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Niue	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.84 years	2.53 years	0.6912 years	Niue
1960s	2.86 years	5.21 years	2.35 years	Niue
1970s	3.96 years	6.9 years	2.94 years	Niue
1980s	4.39 years	7.3 years	2.91 years	Niue
1990s	4.9 years	7.51 years	2.61 years	Niue
2000s	5.22 years	6.62 years	1.4 years	Niue
2010s	5.4 years	5.75 years	0.3456 years	Niue
2020s	5.8 years	5.37 years	0.4365 years	Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Costa Rica or Niue?: Costa Rica, at 5.29 years against 5.28 years in Niue as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Costa Rica and Niue?: 0.01 years, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Niue?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Niue rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Costa Rica ranks 101st and Niue ranks 103rd 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.