Burkina Faso vs Rwanda: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages

Burkina Faso
4.08 years
in 2023
Rwanda
4.08 years
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
158th
Rwanda rank
160th

Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 4.08 years against 4.08 years in Rwanda, a difference of 0 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 158th and Rwanda ranks 160th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 4 and Rwanda in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Rwanda Difference Ahead
1950s 1.51 years -0.3608 years 1.87 years Burkina Faso
1960s 1.91 years -0.0984 years 2.01 years Burkina Faso
1970s 2.18 years -0.3452 years 2.52 years Burkina Faso
1980s 1.82 years 2.06 years 0.2411 years Rwanda
1990s 2.11 years 4.35 years 2.25 years Rwanda
2000s 2.71 years 2.57 years 0.144 years Burkina Faso
2010s 2.93 years 3.74 years 0.8085 years Rwanda
2020s 3.62 years 4.07 years 0.4525 years Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Burkina Faso or Rwanda?
Burkina Faso, at 4.08 years against 4.08 years in Rwanda as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Burkina Faso and Rwanda?
0 years, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Rwanda?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Burkina Faso and Rwanda rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?
Burkina Faso ranks 158th and Rwanda ranks 160th 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
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