Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Czechia or Portugal?

Portugal, at 5.68 years against 5.64 years in Czechia as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Czechia and Portugal?

0.04 years, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and Portugal?

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.

Czechia vs Portugal: Sex gap in life expectancy

Czechia

5.64 years

in 2023

Portugal

5.68 years

in 2023

Czechia rank

85th

Portugal rank

82nd

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Czechia
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 5.68 years against 5.64 years in Czechia, a difference of 0.04 years.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Portugal ahead.

Czechia ranks 85th and Portugal ranks 82nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Czechia averaged higher in 4 and Portugal in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Czechia	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	5.15 years	5.31 years	0.1637 years	Portugal
1960s	6.38 years	6.06 years	0.3254 years	Czechia
1970s	7.04 years	6.74 years	0.292 years	Czechia
1980s	7.22 years	7.04 years	0.1867 years	Czechia
1990s	7.21 years	7.27 years	0.0677 years	Portugal
2000s	6.47 years	6.78 years	0.3165 years	Portugal
2010s	5.97 years	6.13 years	0.1662 years	Portugal
2020s	6 years	5.86 years	0.14 years	Czechia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Czechia or Portugal?: Portugal, at 5.68 years against 5.64 years in Czechia as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Czechia and Portugal?: 0.04 years, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and Portugal?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Czechia and Portugal rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Czechia ranks 85th and Portugal ranks 82nd 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.