Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Korea or Turkmenistan?

Turkmenistan, at 5.97 years against 5.96 years in Korea as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Korea and Turkmenistan?

0.01 years, with Turkmenistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Turkmenistan?

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.

Korea vs Turkmenistan: Sex gap in life expectancy

Korea

5.96 years

in 2023

Turkmenistan

5.97 years

in 2023

Korea rank

71st

Turkmenistan rank

70th

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Korea
Turkmenistan

How they compare

Turkmenistan currently reports 5.97 years against 5.96 years in Korea, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Korea ahead.

Korea ranks 71st and Turkmenistan ranks 70th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 5 and Turkmenistan in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Korea	Turkmenistan	Difference	Ahead
1950s	8.11 years	8.46 years	0.3499 years	Turkmenistan
1960s	6.11 years	8.58 years	2.47 years	Turkmenistan
1970s	8.54 years	7.77 years	0.7724 years	Korea
1980s	9.26 years	6.4 years	2.86 years	Korea
1990s	8.26 years	6.88 years	1.38 years	Korea
2000s	7.33 years	7.45 years	0.1236 years	Turkmenistan
2010s	6.8 years	6.4 years	0.4053 years	Korea
2020s	6.27 years	6.16 years	0.1076 years	Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Korea or Turkmenistan?: Turkmenistan, at 5.97 years against 5.96 years in Korea as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Korea and Turkmenistan?: 0.01 years, with Turkmenistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Turkmenistan?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Korea and Turkmenistan rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Korea ranks 71st and Turkmenistan ranks 70th 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.