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Sex gap in life expectancy in Sweden

Sweden: Sex gap in life expectancy was 3.66 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
3.66 years
Change on year
up 7.9%
World rank
198th
of 236 countries
All-time high
6.65 years
in 1789
All-time low
1.25 years
in 1779
Years of data
273
1751–2023

Sex gap in life expectancy in Sweden, 1751–2023

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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 in Sweden stood at 3.66 years.

That represents a change of up 7.9% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sex gap in life expectancy in Sweden peaked at 6.65 years in 1789 and was at its lowest, 1.25 years, in 1779.

Sweden ranks 198th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 273 years of available data.

Sex gap in life expectancy in Sweden, year by year

Year years Change
1751 3.06 years —
1752 2.87 years -6.2%
1753 3.22 years +12.2%
1754 3.2 years -0.6%
1755 2.26 years -29.4%
1756 3.31 years +46.5%
1757 2.55 years -23.0%
1758 3.06 years +20.0%
1759 3.51 years +14.7%
1760 3.1 years -11.7%
1761 2.78 years -10.3%
1762 2.39 years -14.0%
1763 2.76 years +15.5%
1764 3.37 years +22.1%
1765 3.74 years +11.0%
1766 3.29 years -12.0%
1767 3.84 years +16.7%
1768 2.5 years -34.9%
1769 1.89 years -24.4%
1770 2.35 years +24.3%
1771 2.94 years +25.1%
1772 3.74 years +27.2%
1773 1.65 years -55.9%
1774 1.63 years -1.2%
1775 2.21 years +35.6%
1776 2.6 years +17.6%
1777 2.23 years -14.2%
1778 2.51 years +12.6%
1779 1.25 years -50.2%
1780 2.78 years +122.4%
1781 2.76 years -0.7%
1782 3.21 years +16.3%
1783 3.63 years +13.1%
1784 2.53 years -30.3%
1785 2.33 years -7.9%
1786 3 years +28.8%
1787 3.11 years +3.7%
1788 2.83 years -9.0%
1789 6.65 years +135.0%
1790 3.6 years -45.9%
1791 2.31 years -35.8%
1792 2.95 years +27.7%
1793 2.4 years -18.6%
1794 2.87 years +19.6%
1795 2.49 years -13.2%
1796 2.82 years +13.3%
1797 3.13 years +11.0%
1798 3.23 years +3.2%
1799 3.4 years +5.3%
1800 2.04 years -40.0%
1801 2.37 years +16.2%
1802 3.32 years +40.1%
1803 3.25 years -2.1%
1804 3.49 years +7.4%
1805 2.76 years -20.9%
1806 2.2 years -20.3%
1807 2.37 years +7.7%
1808 4.1 years +73.0%
1809 3.99 years -2.7%
1810 3.32 years -16.8%
1811 3.34 years +0.6%
1812 3.54 years +6.0%
1813 4.18 years +18.1%
1814 3.12 years -25.4%
1815 2.91 years -6.7%
1816 3.76 years +29.2%
1817 3 years -20.2%
1818 3.92 years +30.7%
1819 3.34 years -14.8%
1820 3.27 years -2.1%
1821 2.84 years -13.1%
1822 4.13 years +45.4%
1823 4.38 years +6.1%
1824 4.58 years +4.6%
1825 4.69 years +2.4%
1826 4.6 years -1.9%
1827 3.89 years -15.4%
1828 4.95 years +27.2%
1829 4.7 years -5.1%
1830 4.86 years +3.4%
1831 4.3 years -11.5%
1832 3.47 years -19.3%
1833 4.34 years +25.1%
1834 4.59 years +5.8%
1835 4.41 years -3.9%
1836 4.2 years -4.8%
1837 4.35 years +3.6%
1838 4.39 years +0.9%
1839 3.78 years -13.9%
1840 4.3 years +13.8%
1841 4.19 years -2.6%
1842 4.45 years +6.2%
1843 4.05 years -9.0%
1844 5.69 years +40.5%
1845 4.99 years -12.3%
1846 3.78 years -24.2%
1847 3.61 years -4.5%
1848 4.3 years +19.1%
1849 4.64 years +7.9%
1850 5.12 years +10.3%
1851 4.89 years -4.5%
1852 4.7 years -3.9%
1853 3.89 years -17.2%
1854 3.96 years +1.8%
1855 3.48 years -12.1%
1856 3.79 years +8.9%
1857 3.87 years +2.1%
1858 3.23 years -16.5%
1859 3.84 years +18.9%
1860 3.68 years -4.2%
1861 3.66 years -0.5%
1862 3 years -18.0%
1863 3.24 years +8.0%
1864 3.39 years +4.6%
1865 4.03 years +18.9%
1866 4.09 years +1.5%
1867 3.99 years -2.4%
1868 3.72 years -6.8%
1869 3.4 years -8.6%
1870 3.62 years +6.5%
1871 3.52 years -2.8%
1872 3.88 years +10.2%
1873 3.47 years -10.6%
1874 3.8 years +9.5%
1875 3.79 years -0.3%
1876 3.1 years -18.2%
1877 3.55 years +14.5%
1878 2.58 years -27.3%
1879 2.74 years +6.2%
1880 2.97 years +8.4%
1881 3.04 years +2.4%
1882 3.25 years +6.9%
1883 3.17 years -2.5%
1884 3.2 years +0.9%
1885 3.12 years -2.5%
1886 2.76 years -11.5%
1887 2.92 years +5.8%
1888 2.53 years -13.4%
1889 2.32 years -8.3%
1890 2.69 years +15.9%
1891 2.97 years +10.4%
1892 2.57 years -13.5%
1893 2.71 years +5.4%
1894 2.34 years -13.7%
1895 2.59 years +10.7%
1896 2.55 years -1.5%
1897 2.55 years +0.0%
1898 2.91 years +14.1%
1899 2.8 years -3.8%
1900 2.83 years +1.1%
1901 2.44 years -13.8%
1902 2.37 years -2.9%
1903 2.84 years +19.8%
1904 2.35 years -17.3%
1905 2.52 years +7.2%
1906 2.3 years -8.7%
1907 2.4 years +4.3%
1908 2.28 years -5.0%
1909 2.31 years +1.3%
1910 2.6 years +12.6%
1911 2.9 years +11.5%
1912 2.74 years -5.5%
1913 2.8 years +2.2%
1914 2.54 years -9.3%
1915 2.53 years -0.4%
1916 2.36 years -6.7%
1917 2.53 years +7.2%
1918 3.26 years +28.9%
1919 2.92 years -10.4%
1920 2.66 years -8.9%
1921 2.58 years -3.0%
1922 1.69 years -34.5%
1923 2.29 years +35.5%
1924 2.29 years +0.0%
1925 2.35 years +2.6%
1926 2.08 years -11.5%
1927 2.17 years +4.3%
1928 2.01 years -7.4%
1929 2.24 years +11.4%
1930 2.06 years -8.0%
1931 1.84 years -10.7%
1932 1.95 years +6.0%
1933 2.31 years +18.5%
1934 2.23 years -3.5%
1935 2.37 years +6.3%
1936 2.33 years -1.7%
1937 2.4 years +3.0%
1938 3.07 years +27.9%
1939 2.64 years -14.0%
1940 2.75 years +4.2%
1941 2.56 years -6.9%
1942 2.79 years +9.0%
1943 2.74 years -1.8%
1944 3.08 years +12.4%
1945 2.36 years -23.4%
1946 2.31 years -2.1%
1947 2.3 years -0.4%
1948 2.78 years +20.9%
1949 2.68 years -3.6%
1950 2.6 years -3.1%
1951 2.66 years +2.6%
1952 2.87 years +7.7%
1953 2.97 years +3.6%
1954 3.01 years +1.3%
1955 3.1 years +2.9%
1956 3.44 years +10.8%
1957 3.52 years +2.5%
1958 3.26 years -7.3%
1959 3.62 years +10.9%
1960 3.64 years +0.5%
1961 3.75 years +3.0%
1962 4.06 years +8.3%
1963 4.09 years +0.6%
1964 4.26 years +4.1%
1965 4.35 years +2.3%
1966 4.62 years +6.1%
1967 4.69 years +1.6%
1968 4.68 years -0.3%
1969 4.93 years +5.2%
1970 4.98 years +1.1%
1971 5.42 years +8.9%
1972 5.51 years +1.6%
1973 5.57 years +1.1%
1974 5.69 years +2.3%
1975 5.78 years +1.4%
1976 5.8 years +0.4%
1977 6.16 years +6.2%
1978 6.23 years +1.2%
1979 6.23 years -0.1%
1980 6.07 years -2.5%
1981 6.06 years -0.2%
1982 5.95 years -1.7%
1983 6.02 years +1.1%
1984 6.09 years +1.2%
1985 5.91 years -2.9%
1986 6.05 years +2.2%
1987 5.98 years -1.1%
1988 5.81 years -2.9%
1989 5.79 years -0.4%
1990 5.58 years -3.6%
1991 5.59 years +0.2%
1992 5.42 years -3.1%
1993 5.28 years -2.5%
1994 5.3 years +0.4%
1995 5.27 years -0.7%
1996 5 years -5.0%
1997 5.09 years +1.8%
1998 5.04 years -1.0%
1999 4.82 years -4.4%
2000 4.64 years -3.8%
2001 4.51 years -2.7%
2002 4.37 years -3.2%
2003 4.51 years +3.3%
2004 4.31 years -4.5%
2005 4.32 years +0.4%
2006 4.2 years -2.7%
2007 4.02 years -4.4%
2008 4.02 years +0.1%
2009 3.98 years -1.0%
2010 3.95 years -0.9%
2011 3.87 years -1.9%
2012 3.66 years -5.5%
2013 3.62 years -1.0%
2014 3.69 years +1.9%
2015 3.7 years +0.2%
2016 3.51 years -5.0%
2017 3.38 years -3.6%
2018 3.47 years +2.4%
2019 3.38 years -2.4%
2020 3.69 years +9.0%
2021 3.58 years -2.8%
2022 3.39 years -5.5%
2023 3.66 years +7.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1750s 3 years 2.26 years 3.51 years 9
1760s 2.97 years 1.89 years 3.84 years 10
1770s 2.31 years 1.25 years 3.74 years 10
1780s 3.28 years 2.33 years 6.65 years 10
1790s 2.92 years 2.31 years 3.6 years 10
1800s 2.99 years 2.04 years 4.1 years 10
1810s 3.44 years 2.91 years 4.18 years 10
1820s 4.2 years 2.84 years 4.95 years 10
1830s 4.27 years 3.47 years 4.86 years 10
1840s 4.4 years 3.61 years 5.69 years 10
1850s 4.08 years 3.23 years 5.12 years 10
1860s 3.62 years 3 years 4.09 years 10
1870s 3.4 years 2.58 years 3.88 years 10
1880s 2.93 years 2.32 years 3.25 years 10
1890s 2.67 years 2.34 years 2.97 years 10
1900s 2.46 years 2.28 years 2.84 years 10
1910s 2.72 years 2.36 years 3.26 years 10
1920s 2.24 years 1.69 years 2.66 years 10
1930s 2.32 years 1.84 years 3.07 years 10
1940s 2.64 years 2.3 years 3.08 years 10
1950s 3.11 years 2.6 years 3.62 years 10
1960s 4.31 years 3.64 years 4.93 years 10
1970s 5.74 years 4.98 years 6.23 years 10
1980s 5.97 years 5.79 years 6.09 years 10
1990s 5.24 years 4.82 years 5.59 years 10
2000s 4.29 years 3.98 years 4.64 years 10
2010s 3.62 years 3.38 years 3.95 years 10
2020s 3.58 years 3.39 years 3.69 years 4

Countries ranked near Sweden

  1. 195 Naoero 3.72 years compare
  2. 196 Albania 3.72 years compare
  3. 197 Bhutan 3.66 years compare
  4. 199 Australia 3.64 years compare
  5. 200 Iraq 3.63 years compare
  6. 201 Equatorial Guinea 3.62 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sex gap in life expectancy in Sweden?
Sex gap in life expectancy in Sweden was 3.66 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 recorded in Sweden?
The highest recorded value was 6.65 years in 1789.
What is the lowest sex gap in life expectancy recorded in Sweden?
The lowest recorded value was 1.25 years in 1779.
How does Sweden rank for sex gap in life expectancy?
Sweden ranks 198th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is sex gap in life expectancy rising or falling in Sweden?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sweden 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Sex gap in life expectancy
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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