France vs Portugal: Sex gap in life expectancy
France
5.66 years
in 2023
Portugal
5.68 years
in 2023
France rank
83rd
Portugal rank
82nd
Sex gap in life expectancy over time
- France
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 5.68 years against 5.66 years in France, a difference of 0.02 years.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 84 shared years of data; in 1940 it was France ahead.
France ranks 83rd and Portugal ranks 82nd of 236 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 8.27 years | 4.85 years | 3.41 years | France |
| 1950s | 6.18 years | 5.31 years | 0.8716 years | France |
| 1960s | 7.17 years | 6.06 years | 1.11 years | France |
| 1970s | 7.86 years | 6.74 years | 1.11 years | France |
| 1980s | 8.19 years | 7.04 years | 1.16 years | France |
| 1990s | 8.04 years | 7.27 years | 0.7661 years | France |
| 2000s | 7.13 years | 6.78 years | 0.3484 years | France |
| 2010s | 6.21 years | 6.13 years | 0.0744 years | France |
| 2020s | 5.98 years | 5.86 years | 0.1135 years | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, France or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 5.68 years against 5.66 years in France as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between France and Portugal?
- 0.02 years, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Portugal?
- 84 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2023.
- How do France and Portugal rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?
- France ranks 83rd 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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About this data
Difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.