What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Republic of Moldova and Viet Nam?

0.42 years, with Viet Nam ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Republic of Moldova and Viet Nam?

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.

Republic of Moldova vs Viet Nam: Sex gap in life expectancy

Republic of Moldova

8.97 years

in 2023

Viet Nam

9.39 years

in 2023

Republic of Moldova rank

10th

Viet Nam rank

8th

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Republic of Moldova
Viet Nam

How they compare

Viet Nam currently reports 9.39 years against 8.97 years in Republic of Moldova, a difference of 0.42 years.

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

Republic of Moldova ranks 10th and Viet Nam ranks 8th of 236 countries.

Viet Nam has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Republic of Moldova	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
1950s	6.8 years	7.07 years	0.2678 years	Viet Nam
1960s	6.48 years	8.53 years	2.04 years	Viet Nam
1970s	6.38 years	10.22 years	3.85 years	Viet Nam
1980s	6.74 years	8.3 years	1.56 years	Viet Nam
1990s	7.66 years	7.86 years	0.1967 years	Viet Nam
2000s	8.02 years	9.55 years	1.52 years	Viet Nam
2010s	8.82 years	9.55 years	0.7212 years	Viet Nam
2020s	8.91 years	9.52 years	0.6045 years	Viet Nam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Republic of Moldova or Viet Nam?: Viet Nam, at 9.39 years against 8.97 years in Republic of Moldova as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Republic of Moldova and Viet Nam?: 0.42 years, with Viet Nam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Republic of Moldova and Viet Nam?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Republic of Moldova and Viet Nam rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Republic of Moldova ranks 10th and Viet Nam ranks 8th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Republic of Moldova vs Viet Nam: Sex gap in life expectancy. Statizoid, drawing on Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/difference-in-female-and-male-life-expectancy-at-birth/moldova/viet-nam/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/difference-in-female-and-male-life-expectancy-at-birth/moldova/viet-nam/">Republic of Moldova vs Viet Nam: Sex gap in life expectancy</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.