Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Guinea or Solomon Islands?

Solomon Islands, at 2.77 years against 2.38 years in Guinea as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Guinea and Solomon Islands?

0.39 years, with Solomon Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Solomon Islands?

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 vs Solomon Islands: Sex gap in life expectancy

Guinea

2.38 years

in 2023

Solomon Islands

2.77 years

in 2023

Guinea rank

228th

Solomon Islands rank

225th

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Guinea
Solomon Islands

How they compare

Solomon Islands currently reports 2.77 years against 2.38 years in Guinea, a difference of 0.39 years.

That makes Solomon Islands's figure about 1.2 times Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Solomon Islands ahead.

Guinea ranks 228th and Solomon Islands ranks 225th of 236 countries.

Solomon Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea	Solomon Islands	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2.53 years	3.81 years	1.28 years	Solomon Islands
1960s	2.64 years	3.44 years	0.8009 years	Solomon Islands
1970s	2.78 years	3.1 years	0.3234 years	Solomon Islands
1980s	2.28 years	4.11 years	1.83 years	Solomon Islands
1990s	1.48 years	4.65 years	3.17 years	Solomon Islands
2000s	1.57 years	4.33 years	2.76 years	Solomon Islands
2010s	2.5 years	3.13 years	0.628 years	Solomon Islands
2020s	2.47 years	2.83 years	0.36 years	Solomon Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Guinea or Solomon Islands?: Solomon Islands, at 2.77 years against 2.38 years in Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Guinea and Solomon Islands?: 0.39 years, with Solomon Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Solomon Islands?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guinea and Solomon Islands rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Guinea ranks 228th and Solomon Islands ranks 225th 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.