How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal 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.

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

Nepal

2.71 years

in 2023

Sierra Leone

2.62 years

in 2023

Nepal rank

219th

Sierra Leone rank

222nd

Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time

Nepal
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 2.71 years against 2.62 years in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.09 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Nepal ranks 219th and Sierra Leone ranks 222nd of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nepal	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.54 years	2.15 years	0.6159 years	Sierra Leone
1960s	0.5505 years	1.86 years	1.31 years	Sierra Leone
1970s	0.5937 years	2.31 years	1.72 years	Sierra Leone
1980s	0.7816 years	2.31 years	1.52 years	Sierra Leone
1990s	2.55 years	3.19 years	0.6414 years	Sierra Leone
2000s	3.5 years	1.48 years	2.02 years	Nepal
2010s	2.48 years	1.29 years	1.19 years	Nepal
2020s	2.8 years	2.43 years	0.3679 years	Nepal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Nepal or Sierra Leone?: Nepal, at 2.71 years against 2.62 years in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Nepal and Sierra Leone?: 0.09 years, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Sierra Leone?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Nepal and Sierra Leone rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?: Nepal ranks 219th 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.