Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Nigeria or Togo?

Nigeria, at 0.5365 years against 0.2249 years in Togo as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Nigeria and Togo?

0.3116 years, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Togo?

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.

Nigeria vs Togo: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages

Nigeria

0.5365 years

in 2023

Togo

0.2249 years

in 2023

Nigeria rank

235th

Togo rank

236th

Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time

Nigeria
Togo

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.5365 years against 0.2249 years in Togo, a difference of 0.3116 years.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 2.4 times Togo's.

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

Nigeria ranks 235th and Togo ranks 236th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 7 and Togo in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Togo	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2.62 years	2.22 years	0.4034 years	Nigeria
1960s	3.32 years	2.25 years	1.06 years	Nigeria
1970s	2.59 years	2.64 years	0.0534 years	Togo
1980s	2.6 years	2.27 years	0.3284 years	Nigeria
1990s	2.23 years	1.33 years	0.9054 years	Nigeria
2000s	0.7462 years	0.7288 years	0.0174 years	Nigeria
2010s	0.5408 years	0.3692 years	0.1717 years	Nigeria
2020s	0.5991 years	0.3396 years	0.2595 years	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Nigeria or Togo?: Nigeria, at 0.5365 years against 0.2249 years in Togo as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Nigeria and Togo?: 0.3116 years, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Togo?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Nigeria and Togo rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?: Nigeria ranks 235th and Togo ranks 236th 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.