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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Difference in life expectancy between females and males vs child mortality
Source
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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