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

0.01 years, with East Timor ahead.

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

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.

Madagascar vs East Timor: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages

Madagascar

2.81 years

in 2023

East Timor

2.82 years

in 2023

Madagascar rank

217th

East Timor rank

216th

Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time

Madagascar
East Timor

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 2.82 years against 2.81 years in Madagascar, a difference of 0.01 years.

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

Madagascar ranks 217th and East Timor ranks 216th of 236 countries.

East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Madagascar	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.61 years	2.12 years	0.5083 years	East Timor
1960s	1.99 years	2.2 years	0.2111 years	East Timor
1970s	2.01 years	9.6 years	7.6 years	East Timor
1980s	2.52 years	17.35 years	14.83 years	East Timor
1990s	2.53 years	3.52 years	0.9945 years	East Timor
2000s	2.06 years	2.61 years	0.5476 years	East Timor
2010s	2.59 years	2.74 years	0.1465 years	East Timor
2020s	2.88 years	2.9 years	0.021 years	East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Madagascar or East Timor?: East Timor, at 2.82 years against 2.81 years in Madagascar as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Madagascar and East Timor?: 0.01 years, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and East Timor?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Madagascar and East Timor rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?: Madagascar ranks 217th and East Timor ranks 216th 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.