Difference in life expectancy between females and males vs child mortality by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
13.3
Ukraine
Lowest
0.387
Togo
Median
5.01
Years covered
273
1751–2023
Data points
18,722
What the numbers show
Difference in life expectancy between females and males vs child mortality is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 13.3 in Ukraine; the lowest is 0.387 in Togo.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.01, and the mean is 5.25.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 34.
Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 197.6%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 57.6%).
Difference in life expectancy between females and males vs child morta: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 13.3 | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 7.18 | 2023 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Palestine, State of | 11.81 | 2023 | up 197.6% | flat |
| 2 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 6.75 | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 11.78 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 3 | Anguilla | 6.64 | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 4 | United States Virgin Islands | 10.84 | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 4 | Niue | 5.28 | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 5 | Georgia | 9.54 | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 5 | Montserrat | 4.7 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 6 | Belarus | 9.53 | 2023 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 6 | Mayotte | 4.24 | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 7 | Lithuania | 9.46 | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 7 | Tokelau | 3.97 | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 9.39 | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 9 | Mongolia | 9.19 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 8.97 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 11 | Latvia | 8.91 | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 12 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 8.76 | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 13 | El Salvador | 8.74 | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 14 | Thailand | 8.7 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 15 | Curaçao | 8.37 | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 8.28 | 2023 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 17 | Estonia | 8.14 | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 18 | Armenia | 8.07 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 19 | Namibia | 8.01 | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 20 | Guam | 7.98 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 21 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 7.78 | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 22 | Uruguay | 7.73 | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 23 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.63 | 2023 | up 30.8% | falling |
| 24 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.49 | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 25 | Poland | 7.48 | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 26 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.45 | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 27 | Guyana | 7.44 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 28 | Guadeloupe | 7.4 | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 29 | Bahamas | 7.28 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 30 | Puerto Rico | 7.21 | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 31 | Romania | 7.16 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 32 | Saint Martin (French part) | 7.07 | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.07 | 2023 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 7.05 | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 35 | Tonga | 7.04 | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 36 | Saint Lucia | 6.99 | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 37 | South Africa | 6.99 | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 38 | Tuvalu | 6.93 | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 39 | Bermuda | 6.89 | 2023 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 6.65 | 2023 | up 35.9% | falling |
| 41 | Seychelles | 6.58 | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 42 | Montenegro | 6.58 | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 43 | Haiti | 6.57 | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 44 | Slovakia | 6.56 | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 45 | Serbia | 6.54 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 46 | Malawi | 6.49 | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 47 | Hungary | 6.48 | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 48 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.48 | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 6.44 | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 50 | Suriname | 6.38 | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 51 | Myanmar | 6.37 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 52 | Martinique | 6.36 | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 53 | Sudan | 6.35 | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 6.35 | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 6.35 | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 56 | Dominica | 6.33 | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 57 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.31 | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 58 | Croatia | 6.28 | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 59 | Mauritius | 6.25 | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 60 | Mozambique | 6.24 | 2023 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 61 | Brazil | 6.22 | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 62 | Paraguay | 6.07 | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 63 | Japan | 6.05 | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 64 | Grenada | 5.99 | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 65 | South Sudan | 5.99 | 2023 | up 108.1% | falling |
| 66 | Taiwan, China | 5.98 | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 67 | Turkmenistan | 5.97 | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 68 | Republic of Korea | 5.96 | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 69 | Uzbekistan | 5.95 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 70 | Philippines | 5.93 | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 71 | Panama | 5.9 | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 72 | French Guiana | 5.86 | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 73 | Uganda | 5.85 | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 74 | Sint Maarten | 5.83 | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 75 | Réunion | 5.8 | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 76 | Eswatini | 5.77 | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 77 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.74 | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 78 | China | 5.73 | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 79 | Portugal | 5.68 | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 80 | France | 5.66 | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.65 | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 82 | Czechia | 5.64 | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 83 | American Samoa | 5.64 | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 84 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 5.58 | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 5.57 | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 86 | Mexico | 5.57 | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 87 | Belize | 5.57 | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 88 | British Virgin Islands | 5.52 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 89 | Colombia | 5.5 | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 90 | Finland | 5.5 | 2023 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Ecuador | 5.48 | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 92 | Slovenia | 5.44 | 2023 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 93 | Lesotho | 5.39 | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 94 | Spain | 5.35 | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 95 | Saint Barthélemy | 5.35 | 2023 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 96 | Papua New Guinea | 5.35 | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 97 | Türkiye | 5.33 | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 5.29 | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 99 | Hong Kong, China | 5.29 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 100 | Tunisia | 5.23 | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 101 | Gibraltar | 5.23 | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 102 | Cambodia | 5.18 | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Honduras | 5.15 | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 104 | Gabon | 5.15 | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 5.11 | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 106 | Malaysia | 5.1 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 107 | Aruba | 5.08 | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 108 | Argentina | 5.07 | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 109 | Angola | 5.05 | 2023 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 110 | Greece | 5.04 | 2023 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 111 | Somalia | 5.04 | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 112 | Botswana | 5.02 | 2023 | up 26.8% | flat |
| 113 | Jamaica | 5.02 | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 114 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.02 | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 115 | New Caledonia | 5.01 | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 116 | Singapore | 5 | 2023 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 117 | United States of America | 4.98 | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 118 | Djibouti | 4.98 | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 119 | Barbados | 4.98 | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 120 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 4.93 | 2023 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 121 | Cayman Islands | 4.89 | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 122 | Cuba | 4.85 | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 123 | Pakistan | 4.83 | 2023 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Ghana | 4.81 | 2023 | up 36.9% | falling |
| 125 | Zimbabwe | 4.79 | 2023 | up 72.5% | falling |
| 126 | Austria | 4.78 | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 127 | Germany | 4.74 | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 128 | Zambia | 4.74 | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 129 | French Polynesia | 4.73 | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 130 | Peru | 4.71 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.71 | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 132 | Palau | 4.64 | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 133 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.58 | 2023 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Guatemala | 4.56 | 2023 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Bailiwick of Guernsey | 4.56 | 2023 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 136 | Jordan | 4.48 | 2023 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 4.48 | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 138 | Belgium | 4.47 | 2023 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.47 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 140 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.47 | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 141 | North Macedonia | 4.46 | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Kenya | 4.46 | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 143 | Morocco | 4.43 | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 144 | Macau, China | 4.42 | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 145 | Cameroon | 4.42 | 2023 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Israel | 4.41 | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 147 | Canada | 4.4 | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 148 | Tajikistan | 4.4 | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 149 | Marshall Islands | 4.4 | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 150 | Rwanda | 4.39 | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Greenland | 4.35 | 2023 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 152 | Holy See | 4.34 | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 153 | Faroe Islands | 4.33 | 2023 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 154 | Egypt | 4.32 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 155 | Burkina Faso | 4.3 | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 156 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 4.29 | 2023 | down 16.1% | flat |
| 157 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 4.25 | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 158 | Indonesia | 4.23 | 2023 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 159 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.23 | 2023 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Isle of Man | 4.21 | 2023 | up 34.7% | falling |
| 161 | Italy | 4.18 | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Yemen | 4.15 | 2023 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 163 | Eritrea | 4.15 | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 164 | Comoros | 4.15 | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 165 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.12 | 2023 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 166 | Ireland | 4.11 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 167 | Burundi | 4.1 | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 168 | Falkland Islands, Malvinas | 4.09 | 2023 | up 14.1% | flat |
| 169 | Saudi Arabia | 4.06 | 2023 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 170 | Monaco | 4.06 | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 171 | Jersey | 4.04 | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 172 | Cyprus | 4.03 | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 173 | Central African Republic | 4.03 | 2023 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Fiji | 4.02 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 175 | Andorra | 4.01 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 176 | Lebanon | 3.99 | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Malta | 3.99 | 2023 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 178 | Mauritania | 3.98 | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 179 | Senegal | 3.96 | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 180 | Western Sahara | 3.86 | 2023 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 181 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.85 | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 182 | Chile | 3.84 | 2023 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 183 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3.84 | 2023 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Denmark | 3.84 | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 185 | Switzerland | 3.82 | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 186 | Chad | 3.82 | 2023 | up 87.3% | falling |
| 187 | Samoa | 3.8 | 2023 | down 16.9% | flat |
| 188 | Naoero | 3.72 | 2023 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 189 | Albania | 3.72 | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 190 | Bhutan | 3.66 | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 191 | Sweden | 3.66 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 192 | Australia | 3.64 | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 193 | Iraq | 3.63 | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 194 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.62 | 2023 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 195 | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.61 | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 196 | Kiribati | 3.59 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 197 | Iceland | 3.52 | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 198 | Liechtenstein | 3.48 | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 199 | Madagascar | 3.44 | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 200 | Sierra Leone | 3.44 | 2023 | up 87.5% | falling |
| 201 | Oman | 3.39 | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 202 | Timor-Leste | 3.37 | 2023 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 203 | Gambia | 3.36 | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 204 | New Zealand | 3.36 | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 205 | Bangladesh | 3.34 | 2023 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 206 | Congo | 3.34 | 2023 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 207 | Luxembourg | 3.27 | 2023 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 208 | Netherlands | 3.2 | 2023 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 209 | Maldives | 3.13 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 210 | Norway | 3.1 | 2023 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 211 | India | 3.08 | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 212 | Afghanistan | 3.07 | 2023 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 213 | Nepal | 3 | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 214 | San Marino | 2.89 | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 215 | Mali | 2.86 | 2023 | up 32.2% | falling |
| 216 | Benin | 2.86 | 2023 | up 50.3% | falling |
| 217 | Algeria | 2.8 | 2023 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 218 | Solomon Islands | 2.77 | 2023 | down 16.3% | flat |
| 219 | Kuwait | 2.59 | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 220 | Liberia | 2.57 | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 221 | Guinea | 2.38 | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 222 | United Arab Emirates | 2.23 | 2023 | up 25.5% | falling |
| 223 | Libya | 2.15 | 2023 | down 57.6% | rising |
| 224 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.96 | 2023 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 225 | Niger | 1.87 | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 226 | Qatar | 1.76 | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 227 | Bahrain | 1.31 | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 228 | Nigeria | 0.5671 | 2023 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 229 | Togo | 0.387 | 2023 | down 36.7% | volatile |