Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Puerto Rico or Romania?

Puerto Rico, at 7.21 years against 7.16 years in Romania as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Puerto Rico and Romania?

0.05 years, with Puerto Rico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Romania?

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.

Puerto Rico vs Romania: Sex gap in life expectancy

Puerto Rico

7.21 years

in 2023

Romania

7.16 years

in 2023

Puerto Rico rank

30th

Romania rank

32nd

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Puerto Rico
Romania

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 7.21 years against 7.16 years in Romania, a difference of 0.05 years.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Romania ahead.

Puerto Rico ranks 30th and Romania ranks 32nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 6 and Romania in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Puerto Rico	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	3.4 years	3.82 years	0.4207 years	Romania
1960s	5.31 years	4.13 years	1.18 years	Puerto Rico
1970s	6.74 years	4.57 years	2.17 years	Puerto Rico
1980s	7.26 years	5.77 years	1.49 years	Puerto Rico
1990s	8.5 years	7.31 years	1.19 years	Puerto Rico
2000s	7.31 years	7.14 years	0.1663 years	Puerto Rico
2010s	6.96 years	7.14 years	0.1831 years	Romania
2020s	7.9 years	7.39 years	0.5086 years	Puerto Rico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Puerto Rico or Romania?: Puerto Rico, at 7.21 years against 7.16 years in Romania as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Puerto Rico and Romania?: 0.05 years, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Romania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Puerto Rico and Romania rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Puerto Rico ranks 30th and Romania ranks 32nd 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.