How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Cook Islands?

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.

Bahamas vs Cook Islands: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages

Bahamas

7.19 years

in 2023

Cook Islands

7.19 years

in 2023

Bahamas rank

28th

Cook Islands rank

29th

Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time

Bahamas
Cook Islands

How they compare

Bahamas currently reports 7.19 years against 7.19 years in Cook Islands, a difference of 0 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bahamas ahead.

Bahamas ranks 28th and Cook Islands ranks 29th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 5 and Cook Islands in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahamas	Cook Islands	Difference	Ahead
1950s	5.51 years	-0.6216 years	6.13 years	Bahamas
1960s	5.58 years	-0.5034 years	6.08 years	Bahamas
1970s	5.75 years	4.27 years	1.47 years	Bahamas
1980s	6.75 years	5.81 years	0.9366 years	Bahamas
1990s	6.88 years	6.1 years	0.777 years	Bahamas
2000s	6.58 years	7.46 years	0.8806 years	Cook Islands
2010s	6.96 years	7.5 years	0.5483 years	Cook Islands
2020s	7.06 years	7.21 years	0.1467 years	Cook Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Bahamas or Cook Islands?: Bahamas, at 7.19 years against 7.19 years in Cook Islands as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Bahamas and Cook Islands?: 0 years, with Bahamas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Cook Islands?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bahamas and Cook Islands rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?: Bahamas ranks 28th and Cook Islands ranks 29th 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

Bahamas vs Cook Islands: 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 09 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/difference-in-male-and-female-life-expectancy/bahamas-the/cook-islands/

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/bahamas-the/cook-islands/">Bahamas vs Cook Islands: 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.