India vs Netherlands: Sex gap in life expectancy
India
3.08 years
in 2023
Netherlands
3.2 years
in 2023
India rank
218th
Netherlands rank
215th
Sex gap in life expectancy over time
- India
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 3.2 years against 3.08 years in India, a difference of 0.12 years.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Netherlands ahead.
India ranks 218th and Netherlands ranks 215th of 236 countries.
Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | -1.42 years | 2.93 years | 4.35 years | Netherlands |
| 1960s | -1.22 years | 4.89 years | 6.11 years | Netherlands |
| 1970s | -0.8773 years | 6.14 years | 7.01 years | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 0.6193 years | 6.57 years | 5.95 years | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 1.6 years | 5.75 years | 4.15 years | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 2.65 years | 4.49 years | 1.84 years | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 3.1 years | 3.45 years | 0.341 years | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 3.12 years | 3.29 years | 0.1696 years | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, India or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 3.2 years against 3.08 years in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between India and Netherlands?
- 0.12 years, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Netherlands?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do India and Netherlands rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?
- India ranks 218th and Netherlands ranks 215th 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.