What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Mali and Sierra Leone?

0.03 years, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Sierra Leone?

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.

Mali vs Sierra Leone: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages

Mali

2.59 years

in 2023

Sierra Leone

2.62 years

in 2023

Mali rank

223rd

Sierra Leone rank

222nd

Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time

Mali
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 2.62 years against 2.59 years in Mali, a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Mali ranks 223rd and Sierra Leone ranks 222nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mali	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2.07 years	2.15 years	0.0803 years	Sierra Leone
1960s	2.18 years	1.86 years	0.3181 years	Mali
1970s	1.81 years	2.31 years	0.5028 years	Sierra Leone
1980s	1.07 years	2.31 years	1.24 years	Sierra Leone
1990s	0.2149 years	3.19 years	2.98 years	Sierra Leone
2000s	0.9531 years	1.48 years	0.5227 years	Sierra Leone
2010s	1.8 years	1.29 years	0.507 years	Mali
2020s	2.54 years	2.43 years	0.1037 years	Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Mali or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 2.62 years against 2.59 years in Mali as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Mali and Sierra Leone?: 0.03 years, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Sierra Leone?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mali and Sierra Leone rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?: Mali ranks 223rd and Sierra Leone ranks 222nd 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.