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

0.06 years, with Eritrea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea 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.

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

Eritrea

3.41 years

in 2023

Western Sahara

3.35 years

in 2023

Eritrea rank

198th

Western Sahara rank

199th

Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time

Eritrea
Western Sahara

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 3.41 years against 3.35 years in Western Sahara, a difference of 0.06 years.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Western Sahara ahead.

Eritrea ranks 198th and Western Sahara ranks 199th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 4 and Western Sahara in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Western Sahara	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2.35 years	2.4 years	0.0507 years	Western Sahara
1960s	2.71 years	2.41 years	0.3029 years	Eritrea
1970s	4.22 years	11.02 years	6.79 years	Western Sahara
1980s	4.49 years	14.89 years	10.4 years	Western Sahara
1990s	5.33 years	2.71 years	2.62 years	Eritrea
2000s	2.79 years	2.84 years	0.0423 years	Western Sahara
2010s	3.22 years	2.96 years	0.2576 years	Eritrea
2020s	3.55 years	3.2 years	0.3484 years	Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Eritrea or Western Sahara?: Eritrea, at 3.41 years against 3.35 years in Western Sahara as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Eritrea and Western Sahara?: 0.06 years, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Western Sahara?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and Western Sahara rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?: Eritrea ranks 198th 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.