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Sex gap in life expectancy versus GDP per capita by country

Difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.

Countries reporting
236
Highest
13.3 years
Ukraine
Lowest
0.387 years
Togo
Median
5.01 years
Years covered
273
1751–2023
Data points
18,722

What the numbers show

Sex gap in life expectancy versus GDP per capita is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 13.3 years in Ukraine; the lowest is 0.387 years in Togo.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.01 years, and the mean is 5.25 years.

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 (up 197.6%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 57.6%).

Sex gap in life expectancy versus GDP per capita: full country ranking

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

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Indicator
Sex gap in life expectancy versus GDP per capita
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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Difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.