What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Cape Verde and Sri Lanka?

0.01 years, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Sri Lanka?

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.

Cape Verde vs Sri Lanka: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages

Cape Verde

6.25 years

in 2023

Sri Lanka

6.26 years

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

52nd

Sri Lanka rank

51st

Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time

Cape Verde
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 6.26 years against 6.25 years in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.01 years.

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

Cape Verde ranks 52nd and Sri Lanka ranks 51st of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2.48 years	3.05 years	0.5715 years	Sri Lanka
1960s	1.86 years	3.41 years	1.55 years	Sri Lanka
1970s	2.55 years	4 years	1.45 years	Sri Lanka
1980s	5.07 years	6.66 years	1.59 years	Sri Lanka
1990s	7.6 years	9.12 years	1.52 years	Sri Lanka
2000s	7.55 years	8.33 years	0.7799 years	Sri Lanka
2010s	6.96 years	6.73 years	0.2345 years	Cape Verde
2020s	6.84 years	6.33 years	0.5082 years	Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Cape Verde or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 6.26 years against 6.25 years in Cape Verde as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Cape Verde and Sri Lanka?: 0.01 years, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Sri Lanka?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cape Verde and Sri Lanka rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?: Cape Verde ranks 52nd and Sri Lanka ranks 51st 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.