What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy versus child mortality between Bahamas and Puerto Rico?

0.07 years, with Bahamas ahead.

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

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 versus child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bahamas vs Puerto Rico: Sex gap in life expectancy versus child mortality

Bahamas

7.28 years

in 2023

Puerto Rico

7.21 years

in 2023

Bahamas rank

29th

Puerto Rico rank

30th

Sex gap in life expectancy versus child mortality over time

Bahamas
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Bahamas currently reports 7.28 years against 7.21 years in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0.07 years.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bahamas ahead.

Bahamas ranks 29th and Puerto Rico ranks 30th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 3 and Puerto Rico in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahamas	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1950s	5.96 years	3.4 years	2.56 years	Bahamas
1960s	5.96 years	5.31 years	0.6449 years	Bahamas
1970s	6.04 years	6.74 years	0.6997 years	Puerto Rico
1980s	6.9 years	7.26 years	0.356 years	Puerto Rico
1990s	7.04 years	8.5 years	1.46 years	Puerto Rico
2000s	6.69 years	7.31 years	0.6226 years	Puerto Rico
2010s	7.04 years	6.96 years	0.0814 years	Bahamas
2020s	7.15 years	7.9 years	0.75 years	Puerto Rico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy versus child mortality, Bahamas or Puerto Rico?: Bahamas, at 7.28 years against 7.21 years in Puerto Rico as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy versus child mortality between Bahamas and Puerto Rico?: 0.07 years, with Bahamas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Puerto Rico?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bahamas and Puerto Rico rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy versus child mortality?: Bahamas ranks 29th and Puerto Rico ranks 30th 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 versus child mortality. 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 versus child mortality
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.