What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico?

0.06 years, with Puerto Rico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico?

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.

Guadeloupe vs Puerto Rico: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages

Guadeloupe

7.13 years

in 2023

Puerto Rico

7.19 years

in 2023

Guadeloupe rank

31st

Puerto Rico rank

27th

Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time

Guadeloupe
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 7.19 years against 7.13 years in Guadeloupe, a difference of 0.06 years.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guadeloupe ahead.

Guadeloupe ranks 31st and Puerto Rico ranks 27th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Guadeloupe averaged higher in 6 and Puerto Rico in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guadeloupe	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1950s	4.51 years	3.85 years	0.6686 years	Guadeloupe
1960s	5.11 years	5.13 years	0.0279 years	Puerto Rico
1970s	6.28 years	6.13 years	0.1538 years	Guadeloupe
1980s	7.21 years	6.47 years	0.7387 years	Guadeloupe
1990s	7.35 years	7.92 years	0.5715 years	Puerto Rico
2000s	7.6 years	7.14 years	0.4541 years	Guadeloupe
2010s	7.78 years	6.88 years	0.9037 years	Guadeloupe
2020s	7.89 years	7.87 years	0.0183 years	Guadeloupe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Guadeloupe or Puerto Rico?: Puerto Rico, at 7.19 years against 7.13 years in Guadeloupe as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico?: 0.06 years, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?: Guadeloupe ranks 31st and Puerto Rico ranks 27th 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.