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Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Eritrea

Eritrea: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 was 2.19 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
2.19 years
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
221st
of 236 countries
All-time high
6.26 years
in 1999
All-time low
1.42 years
in 1994
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Eritrea, 1950–2023

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Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Eritrea stood at 2.19 years.

The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Eritrea peaked at 6.26 years in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1.42 years, in 1994.

That places Eritrea 221st out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Eritrea, year by year

Year years Change
1950 1.83 years —
1951 1.81 years -0.9%
1952 1.83 years +0.8%
1953 1.85 years +1.1%
1954 1.91 years +3.3%
1955 1.89 years -0.6%
1956 1.95 years +2.8%
1957 2.02 years +3.6%
1958 2.06 years +2.2%
1959 2.03 years -1.4%
1960 2.04 years +0.4%
1961 2.05 years +0.6%
1962 2.07 years +0.8%
1963 2.06 years -0.6%
1964 2.09 years +1.5%
1965 2.09 years +0.2%
1966 2.08 years -0.6%
1967 2.17 years +4.6%
1968 2.16 years -0.9%
1969 2.13 years -1.4%
1970 2.14 years +0.5%
1971 2.13 years -0.1%
1972 2.15 years +0.9%
1973 2.19 years +1.7%
1974 2.49 years +13.6%
1975 2.76 years +11.0%
1976 2.8 years +1.4%
1977 2.82 years +0.6%
1978 2.81 years -0.2%
1979 2.7 years -3.9%
1980 2.52 years -6.8%
1981 2.46 years -2.3%
1982 2.64 years +7.3%
1983 2.57 years -2.6%
1984 2.57 years -0.1%
1985 2.46 years -4.0%
1986 2.24 years -9.2%
1987 2.3 years +2.8%
1988 2.18 years -5.0%
1989 2.27 years +4.2%
1990 1.95 years -14.4%
1991 1.95 years +0.2%
1992 1.5 years -23.1%
1993 1.44 years -3.9%
1994 1.42 years -1.2%
1995 1.43 years +0.3%
1996 1.49 years +4.2%
1997 1.59 years +7.0%
1998 4.85 years +204.4%
1999 6.26 years +29.2%
2000 2.04 years -67.4%
2001 1.74 years -14.5%
2002 1.8 years +3.4%
2003 1.85 years +2.3%
2004 1.8 years -2.7%
2005 1.8 years +0.4%
2006 1.77 years -1.9%
2007 1.82 years +2.8%
2008 1.87 years +2.9%
2009 1.88 years +0.4%
2010 1.9 years +1.2%
2011 1.96 years +2.9%
2012 1.99 years +1.7%
2013 2.03 years +2.0%
2014 2.06 years +1.7%
2015 2.12 years +2.5%
2016 2.17 years +2.4%
2017 2.19 years +1.1%
2018 2.22 years +1.2%
2019 2.23 years +0.5%
2020 2.8 years +25.7%
2021 2.21 years -20.9%
2022 2.21 years -0.4%
2023 2.19 years -0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 1.92 years 1.81 years 2.06 years 10
1960s 2.09 years 2.04 years 2.17 years 10
1970s 2.5 years 2.13 years 2.82 years 10
1980s 2.42 years 2.18 years 2.64 years 10
1990s 2.39 years 1.42 years 6.26 years 10
2000s 1.84 years 1.74 years 2.04 years 10
2010s 2.09 years 1.9 years 2.23 years 10
2020s 2.35 years 2.19 years 2.8 years 4

Countries ranked near Eritrea

  1. 218 Solomon Islands 2.26 years compare
  2. 219 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.21 years compare
  3. 220 Chad 2.2 years compare
  4. 222 Equatorial Guinea 2.15 years compare
  5. 223 Sierra Leone 2.12 years compare
  6. 224 Mali 2.09 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Eritrea?
Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Eritrea was 2.19 years in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 recorded in Eritrea?
The highest recorded value was 6.26 years in 1999.
What is the lowest sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 recorded in Eritrea?
The lowest recorded value was 1.42 years in 1994.
How does Eritrea rank for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?
Eritrea ranks 221st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 rising or falling in Eritrea?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eritrea data come from?
The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45
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
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