Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Japan or Malawi?

Malawi, at 6.06 years against 6.05 years in Japan as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malawi?

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.

Japan vs Malawi: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages

Japan

6.05 years

in 2023

Malawi

6.06 years

in 2023

Japan rank

60th

Malawi rank

58th

Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time

Japan
Malawi

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 6.06 years against 6.05 years in Japan, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 60th and Malawi ranks 58th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 7 and Malawi in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1950s	3.67 years	2.44 years	1.23 years	Japan
1960s	4.7 years	2.13 years	2.57 years	Japan
1970s	4.99 years	2.44 years	2.55 years	Japan
1980s	5.49 years	3.25 years	2.24 years	Japan
1990s	6.26 years	2.02 years	4.24 years	Japan
2000s	6.8 years	2.7 years	4.09 years	Japan
2010s	6.29 years	5.18 years	1.11 years	Japan
2020s	6.07 years	6.4 years	0.3299 years	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Japan or Malawi?: Malawi, at 6.06 years against 6.05 years in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Japan and Malawi?: 0.01 years, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malawi?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Japan and Malawi rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?: Japan ranks 60th and Malawi ranks 58th 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.