Algeria vs Sierra Leone: Difference in male and female life expectancy

Algeria
2.58
in 2023
Sierra Leone
2.62
in 2023
Algeria rank
224th
Sierra Leone rank
222nd

Difference in male and female life expectancy over time

  • Algeria
  • Sierra Leone
02468195019862023

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 2.62 against 2.58 in Algeria, a difference of 0.04.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Algeria ranks 224th and Sierra Leone ranks 222nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 5 and Sierra Leone in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1950s 5.48 2.15 3.32 Algeria
1960s 3.28 1.86 1.42 Algeria
1970s 1.78 2.31 0.5262 Sierra Leone
1980s 2.07 2.31 0.234 Sierra Leone
1990s 2.22 3.19 0.9787 Sierra Leone
2000s 1.97 1.48 0.4981 Algeria
2010s 2.18 1.29 0.8867 Algeria
2020s 2.7 2.43 0.2665 Algeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher difference in male and female life expectancy, Algeria or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 2.62 against 2.58 in Algeria as of 2023.
What is the difference in difference in male and female life expectancy between Algeria and Sierra Leone?
0.04, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Sierra Leone?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Algeria and Sierra Leone rank globally for difference in male and female life expectancy?
Algeria ranks 224th and Sierra Leone ranks 222nd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Difference in male and female life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Difference in male and female life expectancy
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed