Curaçao vs El Salvador: Sex gap in life expectancy

Curaçao
8.37 years
in 2023
El Salvador
8.74 years
in 2023
Curaçao rank
15th
El Salvador rank
13th

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

  • Curaçao
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 8.74 years against 8.37 years in Curaçao, a difference of 0.37 years.

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

Curaçao ranks 15th and El Salvador ranks 13th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Curaçao El Salvador Difference Ahead
1950s 3.78 years 3.89 years 0.1102 years El Salvador
1960s 4.22 years 4.34 years 0.1162 years El Salvador
1970s 4.75 years 7.12 years 2.37 years El Salvador
1980s 5.04 years 11.69 years 6.66 years El Salvador
1990s 5.53 years 9.99 years 4.46 years El Salvador
2000s 6.26 years 9.34 years 3.08 years El Salvador
2010s 7.75 years 9.24 years 1.5 years El Salvador
2020s 8.36 years 8.98 years 0.6258 years El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Curaçao or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 8.74 years against 8.37 years in Curaçao as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Curaçao and El Salvador?
0.37 years, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Curaçao and El Salvador?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Curaçao and El Salvador rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?
Curaçao ranks 15th and El Salvador ranks 13th 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
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Difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.