Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Austria or Somalia?

Somalia, at 4.72 years against 4.71 years in Austria as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Austria and Somalia?

0.01 years, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Somalia?

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 at different ages. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Austria vs Somalia: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages

Austria

4.71 years

in 2023

Somalia

4.72 years

in 2023

Austria rank

124th

Somalia rank

121st

Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time

Austria
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 4.72 years against 4.71 years in Austria, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 124th and Somalia ranks 121st of 236 countries.

Austria has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Austria	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	4.86 years	2.4 years	2.45 years	Austria
1960s	6 years	2.44 years	3.56 years	Austria
1970s	6.66 years	2.51 years	4.15 years	Austria
1980s	6.73 years	3.9 years	2.83 years	Austria
1990s	6.43 years	3.93 years	2.5 years	Austria
2000s	5.6 years	2.77 years	2.83 years	Austria
2010s	4.9 years	3.83 years	1.07 years	Austria
2020s	4.99 years	4.1 years	0.8969 years	Austria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Austria or Somalia?: Somalia, at 4.72 years against 4.71 years in Austria as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Austria and Somalia?: 0.01 years, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Somalia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Austria and Somalia rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?: Austria ranks 124th and Somalia ranks 121st 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 at different ages. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Austria vs Somalia: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages. Statizoid, drawing on Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 31 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/difference-in-male-and-female-life-expectancy/austria/somalia-fed-rep/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/difference-in-male-and-female-life-expectancy/austria/somalia-fed-rep/">Austria vs Somalia: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages
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.