Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Gambia or Sierra Leone?

Sierra Leone, at 3.44 years against 3.36 years in Gambia as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Gambia and Sierra Leone?

0.08 years, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Sierra Leone?

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.

Gambia vs Sierra Leone: Sex gap in life expectancy

Gambia

3.36 years

in 2023

Sierra Leone

3.44 years

in 2023

Gambia rank

210th

Sierra Leone rank

207th

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Gambia
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 3.44 years against 3.36 years in Gambia, a difference of 0.08 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Gambia ranks 210th and Sierra Leone ranks 207th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.29 years	2.94 years	1.65 years	Sierra Leone
1960s	1.55 years	2.77 years	1.22 years	Sierra Leone
1970s	1.89 years	3.17 years	1.28 years	Sierra Leone
1980s	2.29 years	3.16 years	0.8771 years	Sierra Leone
1990s	3.52 years	3.5 years	0.021 years	Gambia
2000s	3.29 years	2 years	1.29 years	Gambia
2010s	2.67 years	2 years	0.6721 years	Gambia
2020s	3.32 years	3.23 years	0.0905 years	Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Gambia or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 3.44 years against 3.36 years in Gambia as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Gambia and Sierra Leone?: 0.08 years, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Sierra Leone?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Gambia and Sierra Leone rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Gambia ranks 210th and Sierra Leone ranks 207th 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.