Difference in female and male life expectancy at age 45 in Belize
Belize: Difference in female and male life expectancy at age 45 was 4.4 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Difference in female and male life expectancy at age 45 in Belize, 1950–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for difference in female and male life expectancy at age 45 in Belize is 4.4, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, difference in female and male life expectancy at age 45 in Belize peaked at 4.49 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.26, in 1961.
Belize ranks 94th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Difference in female and male life expectancy at age 45 in Belize, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 2.57 | — |
| 1951 | 2.48 | -3.4% |
| 1952 | 2.39 | -3.6% |
| 1953 | 2.34 | -2.2% |
| 1954 | 2.33 | -0.2% |
| 1955 | 2.3 | -1.6% |
| 1956 | 2.5 | +8.7% |
| 1957 | 2.62 | +4.9% |
| 1958 | 2.73 | +4.2% |
| 1959 | 2.79 | +2.3% |
| 1960 | 2.78 | -0.5% |
| 1961 | 1.26 | -54.6% |
| 1962 | 2.54 | +101.6% |
| 1963 | 2.47 | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 2.39 | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 2.32 | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 2.39 | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 2.36 | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 2.43 | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 2.43 | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 2.46 | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 2.47 | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 2.44 | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 2.5 | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 2.58 | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 2.68 | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 2.7 | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 2.76 | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 2.72 | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 2.69 | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 2.57 | -4.5% |
| 1981 | 2.44 | -4.8% |
| 1982 | 2.32 | -5.1% |
| 1983 | 2.43 | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 2.66 | +9.7% |
| 1985 | 2.69 | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 2.75 | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 2.78 | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 2.71 | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 2.81 | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 2.87 | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 2.91 | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 2.94 | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 3 | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 3.04 | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 3.15 | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 3.27 | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 3.38 | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 3.47 | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 3.55 | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 3.59 | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 3.62 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 3.76 | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 3.7 | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 3.77 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 3.64 | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 3.63 | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 3.65 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 3.68 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 3.79 | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 3.87 | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 3.97 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 4.17 | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 4.26 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 4.36 | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 4.47 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 4.44 | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 4.48 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 4.48 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 4.48 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 4.41 | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 4.49 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 4.48 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 4.4 | -1.7% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 4.4 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.54, 97% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Belize's 4.4 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.43, 99% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Difference in female and male life expectancy at age 45 in Belize changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +101.6% | 1.26 | 2.54 |
| 1961 | -54.6% | 2.78 | 1.26 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.79 | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.34 | 1.26 | 2.78 | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.6 | 2.44 | 2.76 | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.62 | 2.32 | 2.81 | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.16 | 2.87 | 3.55 | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.68 | 3.59 | 3.79 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.3 | 3.87 | 4.48 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.45 | 4.4 | 4.49 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is difference in female and male life expectancy at age 45 in Belize?
- Difference in female and male life expectancy at age 45 in Belize was 4.4 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest difference in female and male life expectancy at age 45 recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 4.49 in 2021.
- What is the lowest difference in female and male life expectancy at age 45 recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.26 in 1961.
- How does Belize rank for difference in female and male life expectancy at age 45?
- Belize ranks 94th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is difference in female and male life expectancy at age 45 rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Difference in female and male life expectancy at age 45. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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