What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Gambia and Madagascar?

0.03 years, with Madagascar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Madagascar?

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.

Gambia vs Madagascar: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages

Gambia

2.78 years

in 2023

Madagascar

2.81 years

in 2023

Gambia rank

218th

Madagascar rank

217th

Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time

Gambia
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 2.81 years against 2.78 years in Gambia, a difference of 0.03 years.

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

Gambia ranks 218th and Madagascar ranks 217th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 2 and Madagascar in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1950s	0.5105 years	1.61 years	1.1 years	Madagascar
1960s	0.8385 years	1.99 years	1.15 years	Madagascar
1970s	1.19 years	2.01 years	0.8123 years	Madagascar
1980s	1.76 years	2.52 years	0.7634 years	Madagascar
1990s	2.85 years	2.53 years	0.3164 years	Gambia
2000s	2.69 years	2.06 years	0.6274 years	Gambia
2010s	2.15 years	2.59 years	0.4387 years	Madagascar
2020s	2.76 years	2.88 years	0.1236 years	Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Gambia or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 2.81 years against 2.78 years in Gambia as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Gambia and Madagascar?: 0.03 years, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Madagascar?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Gambia and Madagascar rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?: Gambia ranks 218th and Madagascar ranks 217th 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.