How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Northern Mariana 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.

Iraq vs Northern Mariana Islands: Sex gap in life expectancy

Iraq

3.63 years

in 2023

Northern Mariana Islands

3.61 years

in 2023

Iraq rank

200th

Northern Mariana Islands rank

202nd

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Iraq
Northern Mariana Islands

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 3.63 years against 3.61 years in Northern Mariana Islands, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 200th and Northern Mariana Islands ranks 202nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 7 and Northern Mariana Islands in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	Northern Mariana Islands	Difference	Ahead
1950s	6.8 years	6.11 years	0.6881 years	Iraq
1960s	6.72 years	6.08 years	0.6377 years	Iraq
1970s	6.02 years	6.64 years	0.6225 years	Northern Mariana Islands
1980s	14.51 years	4.36 years	10.15 years	Iraq
1990s	6.95 years	6.46 years	0.4854 years	Iraq
2000s	6.93 years	3.72 years	3.21 years	Iraq
2010s	4.59 years	3.69 years	0.9009 years	Iraq
2020s	4.05 years	3.63 years	0.4266 years	Iraq

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Iraq or Northern Mariana Islands?: Iraq, at 3.63 years against 3.61 years in Northern Mariana Islands as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Iraq and Northern Mariana Islands?: 0.02 years, with Iraq ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Northern Mariana Islands?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Iraq and Northern Mariana Islands rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Iraq ranks 200th and Northern Mariana Islands ranks 202nd 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.