Which has higher sex ratio in life expectancy, Canada or Western Sahara?

Western Sahara, at 1.06 against 1.05 in Canada as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex ratio in life expectancy between Canada and Western Sahara?

0.01, with Western Sahara ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Western Sahara?

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 ratio in life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Canada vs Western Sahara: Sex ratio in life expectancy

Canada

1.05

in 2023

Western Sahara

1.06

in 2023

Canada rank

179th

Western Sahara rank

177th

Sex ratio in life expectancy over time

Canada
Western Sahara

How they compare

Western Sahara currently reports 1.06 against 1.05 in Canada, a difference of 0.01.

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

Canada ranks 179th and Western Sahara ranks 177th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 5 and Western Sahara in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Canada	Western Sahara	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.08	1.09	0.0123	Western Sahara
1960s	1.09	1.08	0.013	Canada
1970s	1.1	1.29	0.1901	Western Sahara
1980s	1.09	1.33	0.2374	Western Sahara
1990s	1.08	1.06	0.0218	Canada
2000s	1.06	1.06	0.0066	Canada
2010s	1.05	1.05	0.0002	Canada
2020s	1.06	1.05	0.0073	Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex ratio in life expectancy, Canada or Western Sahara?: Western Sahara, at 1.06 against 1.05 in Canada as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex ratio in life expectancy between Canada and Western Sahara?: 0.01, with Western Sahara ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Western Sahara?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Canada and Western Sahara rank globally for sex ratio in life expectancy?: Canada ranks 179th and Western Sahara ranks 177th 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 ratio in life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Sex ratio in life expectancy
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

Ratio of period life expectancy (females/males) at a given age.