What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy versus child mortality between Korea and Chinese Taipei?

0.02 years, with Chinese Taipei ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Chinese Taipei?

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.

Korea vs Chinese Taipei: Sex gap in life expectancy versus child mortality

Korea

5.96 years

in 2023

Chinese Taipei

5.98 years

in 2023

Korea rank

71st

Chinese Taipei rank

69th

Sex gap in life expectancy versus child mortality over time

Korea
Chinese Taipei

How they compare

Chinese Taipei currently reports 5.98 years against 5.96 years in Korea, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Korea ahead.

Korea ranks 71st and Chinese Taipei ranks 69th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 7 and Chinese Taipei in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Korea	Chinese Taipei	Difference	Ahead
1950s	8.11 years	4.64 years	3.47 years	Korea
1960s	6.11 years	4.88 years	1.22 years	Korea
1970s	8.54 years	4.93 years	3.61 years	Korea
1980s	9.26 years	5.02 years	4.24 years	Korea
1990s	8.26 years	5.7 years	2.56 years	Korea
2000s	7.33 years	6.33 years	0.9954 years	Korea
2010s	6.8 years	6.67 years	0.1299 years	Korea
2020s	6.27 years	6.3 years	0.0339 years	Chinese Taipei

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy versus child mortality, Korea or Chinese Taipei?: Chinese Taipei, at 5.98 years against 5.96 years in Korea as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy versus child mortality between Korea and Chinese Taipei?: 0.02 years, with Chinese Taipei ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Chinese Taipei?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Korea and Chinese Taipei rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy versus child mortality?: Korea ranks 71st and Chinese Taipei ranks 69th 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.