What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Bhutan and Western Sahara?

0 years, with Western Sahara ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Western Sahara?

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.

Bhutan vs Western Sahara: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages

Bhutan

3.35 years

in 2023

Western Sahara

3.35 years

in 2023

Bhutan rank

200th

Western Sahara rank

199th

Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time

Bhutan
Western Sahara

How they compare

Western Sahara currently reports 3.35 years against 3.35 years in Bhutan, a difference of 0 years.

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

Bhutan ranks 200th and Western Sahara ranks 199th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 1 and Western Sahara in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Western Sahara	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.66 years	2.4 years	0.7384 years	Western Sahara
1960s	1.77 years	2.41 years	0.6331 years	Western Sahara
1970s	1.78 years	11.02 years	9.23 years	Western Sahara
1980s	1.99 years	14.89 years	12.9 years	Western Sahara
1990s	2.33 years	2.71 years	0.3826 years	Western Sahara
2000s	2.61 years	2.84 years	0.2211 years	Western Sahara
2010s	2.87 years	2.96 years	0.0917 years	Western Sahara
2020s	3.27 years	3.2 years	0.073 years	Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Bhutan or Western Sahara?: Western Sahara, at 3.35 years against 3.35 years in Bhutan as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Bhutan and Western Sahara?: 0 years, with Western Sahara ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Western Sahara?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bhutan and Western Sahara rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?: Bhutan ranks 200th and Western Sahara ranks 199th 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.

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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.