Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Guinea-Bissau or Montserrat?

Guinea-Bissau, at 4.71 years against 4.7 years in Montserrat as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Guinea-Bissau and Montserrat?

0.01 years, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Montserrat?

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.

Guinea-Bissau vs Montserrat: Sex gap in life expectancy

Guinea-Bissau

4.71 years

in 2023

Montserrat

4.7 years

in 2023

Guinea-Bissau rank

135th

Montserrat rank

136th

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Guinea-Bissau
Montserrat

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 4.71 years against 4.7 years in Montserrat, a difference of 0.01 years.

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

Guinea-Bissau ranks 135th and Montserrat ranks 136th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 4 and Montserrat in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea-Bissau	Montserrat	Difference	Ahead
1950s	3.28 years	2.59 years	0.6897 years	Guinea-Bissau
1960s	6.7 years	3.34 years	3.36 years	Guinea-Bissau
1970s	5.61 years	4.17 years	1.44 years	Guinea-Bissau
1980s	3.78 years	4 years	0.2183 years	Montserrat
1990s	4.65 years	3.67 years	0.9744 years	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	4.14 years	4.36 years	0.2164 years	Montserrat
2010s	4.2 years	4.55 years	0.349 years	Montserrat
2020s	4.68 years	4.72 years	0.0378 years	Montserrat

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Guinea-Bissau or Montserrat?: Guinea-Bissau, at 4.71 years against 4.7 years in Montserrat as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Guinea-Bissau and Montserrat?: 0.01 years, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Montserrat?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Montserrat rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Guinea-Bissau ranks 135th and Montserrat ranks 136th 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.