Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Sierra Leone or Timor-Leste?

Sierra Leone, at 3.44 years against 3.37 years in Timor-Leste as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste?

0.07 years, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste?

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.

Sierra Leone vs Timor-Leste: Sex gap in life expectancy

Sierra Leone

3.44 years

in 2023

Timor-Leste

3.37 years

in 2023

Sierra Leone rank

207th

Timor-Leste rank

209th

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Sierra Leone
Timor-Leste

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 3.44 years against 3.37 years in Timor-Leste, a difference of 0.07 years.

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

Sierra Leone ranks 207th and Timor-Leste ranks 209th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 2 and Timor-Leste in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sierra Leone	Timor-Leste	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2.94 years	2.84 years	0.1057 years	Sierra Leone
1960s	2.77 years	2.86 years	0.0963 years	Timor-Leste
1970s	3.17 years	6.39 years	3.22 years	Timor-Leste
1980s	3.16 years	12.86 years	9.7 years	Timor-Leste
1990s	3.5 years	3.33 years	0.1682 years	Sierra Leone
2000s	2 years	3.12 years	1.12 years	Timor-Leste
2010s	2 years	3.3 years	1.3 years	Timor-Leste
2020s	3.23 years	3.47 years	0.2449 years	Timor-Leste

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Sierra Leone or Timor-Leste?: Sierra Leone, at 3.44 years against 3.37 years in Timor-Leste as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste?: 0.07 years, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Sierra Leone ranks 207th and Timor-Leste ranks 209th 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.