Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Martinique
Martinique: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 was 5.76 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Martinique, 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 Martinique is 5.76 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Martinique peaked at 5.76 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.56 years, in 1955.
Martinique ranks 40th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 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 Martinique, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 4.07 years | — |
| 1951 | 3.79 years | -6.7% |
| 1952 | 3.16 years | -16.7% |
| 1953 | 3 years | -5.1% |
| 1954 | 3.14 years | +4.6% |
| 1955 | 2.56 years | -18.5% |
| 1956 | 3.78 years | +47.9% |
| 1957 | 4.19 years | +10.8% |
| 1958 | 4.02 years | -4.1% |
| 1959 | 3.44 years | -14.5% |
| 1960 | 3.73 years | +8.7% |
| 1961 | 3.67 years | -1.8% |
| 1962 | 3.92 years | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 4.52 years | +15.2% |
| 1964 | 4.1 years | -9.3% |
| 1965 | 4.61 years | +12.5% |
| 1966 | 4.14 years | -10.2% |
| 1967 | 4.25 years | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 4.58 years | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 4.69 years | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 4.84 years | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 4.47 years | -7.6% |
| 1972 | 4.81 years | +7.5% |
| 1973 | 4.95 years | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 5.45 years | +10.2% |
| 1975 | 5.16 years | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 4.91 years | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 4.87 years | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 4.85 years | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 4.81 years | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 4.73 years | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 4.72 years | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 4.67 years | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 4.64 years | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 4.57 years | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 4.58 years | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 5.02 years | +9.7% |
| 1987 | 4.94 years | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 4.85 years | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 4.94 years | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 4.97 years | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 5.25 years | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 5.23 years | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 5.19 years | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 5.11 years | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 5.11 years | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 5.12 years | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 5.06 years | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 5.08 years | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 5.08 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5.08 years | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 4.95 years | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 4.93 years | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 4.85 years | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 5.2 years | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 4.59 years | -11.8% |
| 2006 | 4.81 years | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 4.74 years | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 4.76 years | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 5.22 years | +9.7% |
| 2010 | 4.98 years | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 4.52 years | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 4.7 years | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 4.65 years | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 4.33 years | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 4.53 years | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 5.34 years | +17.7% |
| 2017 | 5.27 years | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 5.31 years | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 5.54 years | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 5.12 years | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 4.79 years | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 5.43 years | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 5.76 years | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.51 years | 2.56 years | 4.19 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 4.22 years | 3.67 years | 4.69 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 4.91 years | 4.47 years | 5.45 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.77 years | 4.57 years | 5.02 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.12 years | 4.97 years | 5.25 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.91 years | 4.59 years | 5.22 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.92 years | 4.33 years | 5.54 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.28 years | 4.79 years | 5.76 years | 4 |
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.0936 % change on previous year (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 3 deaths (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,174 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Life expectancy 82.57 years (2023)
- Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita 82.57 years (2023)
- Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index 82.57 years (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. child mortality 2.01 live births per woman (2023)
- Life expectancy for people of different ages 82.57 years (2023)
- Natural population growth rate vs. child mortality rate 0.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Martinique?
- Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Martinique was 5.76 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 Martinique?
- The highest recorded value was 5.76 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 recorded in Martinique?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.56 years in 1955.
- How does Martinique rank for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?
- Martinique ranks 40th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 rising or falling in Martinique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Martinique 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.