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

0 years, with Western Sahara ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland 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.

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

Iceland

3.35 years

in 2023

Western Sahara

3.35 years

in 2023

Iceland rank

201st

Western Sahara rank

199th

Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time

Iceland
Western Sahara

How they compare

Western Sahara currently reports 3.35 years against 3.35 years in Iceland, a difference of 0 years.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 201st and Western Sahara ranks 199th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 6 and Western Sahara in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	Western Sahara	Difference	Ahead
1950s	4.07 years	2.4 years	1.67 years	Iceland
1960s	4.53 years	2.41 years	2.12 years	Iceland
1970s	5.59 years	11.02 years	5.42 years	Western Sahara
1980s	5.35 years	14.89 years	9.54 years	Western Sahara
1990s	4.33 years	2.71 years	1.62 years	Iceland
2000s	3.61 years	2.84 years	0.7797 years	Iceland
2010s	3.14 years	2.96 years	0.1826 years	Iceland
2020s	3.36 years	3.2 years	0.1578 years	Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Iceland or Western Sahara?: Western Sahara, at 3.35 years against 3.35 years in Iceland as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Iceland and Western Sahara?: 0 years, with Western Sahara ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Western Sahara?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Iceland and Western Sahara rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?: Iceland ranks 201st 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.