What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Sao Tome and Principe and Uruguay?

0.24 years, with Uruguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Uruguay?

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.

Sao Tome and Principe vs Uruguay: Sex gap in life expectancy

Sao Tome and Principe

7.49 years

in 2023

Uruguay

7.73 years

in 2023

Sao Tome and Principe rank

24th

Uruguay rank

22nd

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Sao Tome and Principe
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 7.73 years against 7.49 years in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.24 years.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.

Sao Tome and Principe ranks 24th and Uruguay ranks 22nd of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sao Tome and Principe	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2.06 years	6.12 years	4.06 years	Uruguay
1960s	3.24 years	6.36 years	3.12 years	Uruguay
1970s	4.39 years	6.82 years	2.43 years	Uruguay
1980s	3.66 years	7.48 years	3.82 years	Uruguay
1990s	3.99 years	8.04 years	4.05 years	Uruguay
2000s	4.35 years	7.99 years	3.64 years	Uruguay
2010s	6.1 years	7.75 years	1.66 years	Uruguay
2020s	7.45 years	7.81 years	0.361 years	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Sao Tome and Principe or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 7.73 years against 7.49 years in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Sao Tome and Principe and Uruguay?: 0.24 years, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Uruguay?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Sao Tome and Principe and Uruguay rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Sao Tome and Principe ranks 24th and Uruguay ranks 22nd 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.