Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Gambia
Gambia: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 was 1.84 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
1.84 years
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
227th
of 236 countries
All-time high
2.32 years
in 1998
All-time low
0.7749 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Gambia, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Gambia is 1.84 years, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Gambia peaked at 2.32 years in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.7749 years, in 1950.
That places Gambia 227th 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 Gambia, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.7749 years | — |
| 1951 | 0.8269 years | +6.7% |
| 1952 | 0.8224 years | -0.5% |
| 1953 | 0.7937 years | -3.5% |
| 1954 | 0.8001 years | +0.8% |
| 1955 | 0.8423 years | +5.3% |
| 1956 | 0.9041 years | +7.3% |
| 1957 | 0.9171 years | +1.4% |
| 1958 | 0.9532 years | +3.9% |
| 1959 | 0.9618 years | +0.9% |
| 1960 | 0.9732 years | +1.2% |
| 1961 | 0.9889 years | +1.6% |
| 1962 | 1.02 years | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 1.02 years | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 1.03 years | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 0.9842 years | -4.3% |
| 1966 | 1.03 years | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 1.05 years | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 1.03 years | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 1.04 years | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 1.09 years | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 1.1 years | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 1.1 years | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 1.15 years | +4.9% |
| 1974 | 1.07 years | -7.4% |
| 1975 | 1.16 years | +8.0% |
| 1976 | 1.18 years | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 1.22 years | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 1.2 years | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 1.29 years | +7.6% |
| 1980 | 1.14 years | -11.3% |
| 1981 | 1.79 years | +56.5% |
| 1982 | 1.13 years | -36.6% |
| 1983 | 1.23 years | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 1.25 years | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 1.25 years | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1.31 years | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 1.37 years | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 1.48 years | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 1.47 years | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 1.54 years | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 1.59 years | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 1.75 years | +9.7% |
| 1993 | 1.89 years | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 1.93 years | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 2.07 years | +7.5% |
| 1996 | 2.14 years | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 2.2 years | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 2.32 years | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 2.29 years | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 2.23 years | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 2.15 years | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 2.03 years | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 1.94 years | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 1.86 years | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 1.79 years | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 1.73 years | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 1.58 years | -8.7% |
| 2008 | 1.48 years | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 1.49 years | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 1.46 years | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 1.43 years | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 1.43 years | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.42 years | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 1.42 years | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.45 years | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 1.57 years | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 1.6 years | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 1.65 years | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 1.66 years | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 2.14 years | +29.1% |
| 2021 | 1.77 years | -17.5% |
| 2022 | 1.81 years | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 1.84 years | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.8596 years | 0.7749 years | 0.9618 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.02 years | 0.9732 years | 1.05 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.16 years | 1.07 years | 1.29 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.34 years | 1.13 years | 1.79 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.97 years | 1.54 years | 2.32 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.83 years | 1.48 years | 2.23 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.51 years | 1.42 years | 1.66 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.89 years | 1.77 years | 2.14 years | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Gambia?
- Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Gambia was 1.84 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.32 years in 1998.
- What is the lowest sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7749 years in 1950.
- How does Gambia rank for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?
- Gambia ranks 227th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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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Difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.