What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between French Guiana and Uganda?

0.01 years, with French Guiana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for French Guiana and Uganda?

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.

French Guiana vs Uganda: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages

French Guiana

5.45 years

in 2023

Uganda

5.44 years

in 2023

French Guiana rank

84th

Uganda rank

86th

Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time

French Guiana
Uganda

How they compare

French Guiana currently reports 5.45 years against 5.44 years in Uganda, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was French Guiana ahead.

French Guiana ranks 84th and Uganda ranks 86th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, French Guiana averaged higher in 7 and Uganda in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	French Guiana	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1950s	4.94 years	2.52 years	2.42 years	French Guiana
1960s	5.67 years	3.08 years	2.59 years	French Guiana
1970s	5.5 years	4.87 years	0.6286 years	French Guiana
1980s	6.25 years	7.47 years	1.21 years	Uganda
1990s	6.14 years	3.13 years	3.01 years	French Guiana
2000s	6.3 years	2.99 years	3.31 years	French Guiana
2010s	5.08 years	4.47 years	0.6092 years	French Guiana
2020s	5.7 years	5.52 years	0.181 years	French Guiana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, French Guiana or Uganda?: French Guiana, at 5.45 years against 5.44 years in Uganda as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between French Guiana and Uganda?: 0.01 years, with French Guiana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for French Guiana and Uganda?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do French Guiana and Uganda rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?: French Guiana ranks 84th and Uganda ranks 86th 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.