What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago?

0.04 years, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago?

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.

Sri Lanka vs Trinidad and Tobago: Sex gap in life expectancy

Sri Lanka

6.35 years

in 2023

Trinidad and Tobago

6.31 years

in 2023

Sri Lanka rank

58th

Trinidad and Tobago rank

60th

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Sri Lanka
Trinidad and Tobago

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 6.35 years against 6.31 years in Trinidad and Tobago, a difference of 0.04 years.

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

Sri Lanka ranks 58th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 60th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Sri Lanka averaged higher in 6 and Trinidad and Tobago in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sri Lanka	Trinidad and Tobago	Difference	Ahead
1950s	3.24 years	2.33 years	0.9038 years	Sri Lanka
1960s	3.88 years	3.8 years	0.0793 years	Sri Lanka
1970s	4.51 years	4.85 years	0.3459 years	Trinidad and Tobago
1980s	7.06 years	5.23 years	1.82 years	Sri Lanka
1990s	9.38 years	5.04 years	4.34 years	Sri Lanka
2000s	8.43 years	5.97 years	2.46 years	Sri Lanka
2010s	6.84 years	6.09 years	0.7497 years	Sri Lanka
2020s	6.42 years	6.47 years	0.045 years	Trinidad and Tobago

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Sri Lanka or Trinidad and Tobago?: Sri Lanka, at 6.35 years against 6.31 years in Trinidad and Tobago as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago?: 0.04 years, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Sri Lanka ranks 58th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 60th 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.