Difference in male and female life expectancy by country
Countries reporting
233
Highest
13.29
Ukraine
Lowest
0.2249
Togo
Median
4.75
Years covered
273
1751–2023
Data points
18,722
What the numbers show
Difference in male and female life expectancy is currently reported for 233 countries. The highest value is 13.29 in Ukraine; the lowest is 0.2249 in Togo.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.75, and the mean is 5.04.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 59.
Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 221.1%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 59.3%).
Difference in male and female life expectancy: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 13.29 | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 2 | Palestine | 11.99 | 2023 | up 221.1% | rising |
| 3 | Russia | 11.74 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 4 | United States Virgin Islands | 10.55 | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 5 | Belarus | 9.49 | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 6 | Georgia | 9.44 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 7 | Lithuania | 9.4 | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 8 | Mongolia | 9.05 | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Latvia | 8.98 | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 10 | Moldova | 8.86 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 11 | El Salvador | 8.69 | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 12 | Vietnam | 8.68 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 13 | Thailand | 8.51 | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 14 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 8.35 | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 8.13 | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 16 | Curacao | 8.03 | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 17 | Estonia | 8.03 | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 18 | Armenia | 8.01 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 19 | Guam | 7.88 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 20 | Namibia | 7.73 | 2023 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Uruguay | 7.69 | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 22 | Venezuela | 7.6 | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 23 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.52 | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 24 | Poland | 7.48 | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 25 | Micronesia (country) | 7.37 | 2023 | up 33.4% | falling |
| 26 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.28 | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 27 | Puerto Rico | 7.19 | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 28 | Bahamas | 7.19 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 29 | Cook Islands | 7.19 | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Guyana | 7.14 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 31 | Guadeloupe | 7.13 | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 32 | Romania | 7.11 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 7.06 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 34 | Tonga | 6.92 | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 35 | Saint Martin (French part) | 6.84 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 36 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.82 | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 37 | Tuvalu | 6.82 | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 39 | Saint Lucia | 6.79 | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 40 | Bermuda | 6.73 | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 41 | Montenegro | 6.52 | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 42 | Slovakia | 6.5 | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 43 | Serbia | 6.49 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 44 | Seychelles | 6.45 | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.42 | 2023 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Hungary | 6.41 | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 47 | Saint Helena | 6.36 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 48 | Anguilla | 6.35 | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 49 | Martinique | 6.27 | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 50 | Croatia | 6.27 | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 6.26 | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 52 | Cape Verde | 6.25 | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 53 | Suriname | 6.23 | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 6.19 | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 55 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.14 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 56 | Mauritius | 6.1 | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 57 | Dominica | 6.06 | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 58 | Malawi | 6.06 | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 59 | Brazil | 6.05 | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 60 | Japan | 6.05 | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 61 | Taiwan | 5.96 | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 62 | Mozambique | 5.95 | 2023 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 63 | South Korea | 5.93 | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 64 | Grenada | 5.92 | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 65 | Paraguay | 5.87 | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 66 | Haiti | 5.84 | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 67 | Uzbekistan | 5.83 | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 68 | Myanmar | 5.77 | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 69 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.77 | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Reunion | 5.73 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 71 | Panama | 5.72 | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 72 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.72 | 2023 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 73 | Philippines | 5.67 | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 74 | China | 5.64 | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 75 | Portugal | 5.64 | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 76 | Sudan | 5.61 | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 77 | Czechia | 5.6 | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 78 | France | 5.59 | 2023 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Eswatini | 5.59 | 2023 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 81 | Ethiopia | 5.54 | 2023 | up 42.6% | falling |
| 82 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 5.51 | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 83 | Finland | 5.48 | 2023 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 84 | French Guiana | 5.45 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 85 | Belize | 5.44 | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 86 | Uganda | 5.44 | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 87 | Mexico | 5.44 | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 88 | South Sudan | 5.43 | 2023 | up 106.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Turkey | 5.4 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 5.38 | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 91 | Slovenia | 5.37 | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 92 | Colombia | 5.34 | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 93 | Tanzania | 5.33 | 2023 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 94 | Spain | 5.32 | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 95 | Ecuador | 5.31 | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 96 | Turkmenistan | 5.3 | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 97 | Saint Barthelemy | 5.28 | 2023 | down 39.9% | rising |
| 98 | Hong Kong | 5.27 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 99 | Costa Rica | 5.23 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 100 | British Virgin Islands | 5.18 | 2023 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Tunisia | 5.09 | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 102 | Papua New Guinea | 5.09 | 2023 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 103 | Lesotho | 5.09 | 2023 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 104 | Niue | 5.04 | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 105 | Argentina | 5.01 | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 106 | Greece | 5 | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 107 | Singapore | 4.98 | 2023 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 108 | Malaysia | 4.98 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 109 | Gibraltar | 4.97 | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 110 | Honduras | 4.96 | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 4.96 | 2023 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Aruba | 4.95 | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 113 | Cayman Islands | 4.93 | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 114 | United States | 4.91 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 115 | Barbados | 4.85 | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 116 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 4.83 | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 117 | New Caledonia | 4.78 | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 118 | Botswana | 4.76 | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 119 | Jamaica | 4.75 | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 120 | Gabon | 4.73 | 2023 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 121 | Somalia | 4.72 | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 122 | Montserrat | 4.71 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 123 | Cuba | 4.71 | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 124 | Austria | 4.71 | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 125 | French Polynesia | 4.7 | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 126 | Germany | 4.69 | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 127 | Bolivia | 4.59 | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 128 | Zimbabwe | 4.58 | 2023 | up 105.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Guernsey | 4.55 | 2023 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 130 | Peru | 4.52 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 131 | Cambodia | 4.52 | 2023 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Angola | 4.51 | 2023 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 133 | Palau | 4.45 | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 134 | Belgium | 4.41 | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Vanuatu | 4.41 | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 136 | Malta | 4.4 | 2023 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 137 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.4 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 138 | Syria | 4.38 | 2023 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 139 | North Macedonia | 4.38 | 2023 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Vatican | 4.35 | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 141 | Israel | 4.33 | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 142 | Canada | 4.33 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 143 | Jordan | 4.33 | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 144 | Guatemala | 4.3 | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Pakistan | 4.25 | 2023 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Kenya | 4.24 | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 147 | Morocco | 4.23 | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 148 | Macao | 4.22 | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 149 | Djibouti | 4.19 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 150 | Brunei | 4.17 | 2023 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Italy | 4.15 | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Egypt | 4.14 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 153 | Marshall Islands | 4.14 | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 154 | Falkland Islands | 4.12 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 155 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.11 | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Faroe Islands | 4.1 | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 157 | Jersey | 4.09 | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 158 | Burkina Faso | 4.08 | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 159 | Isle of Man | 4.08 | 2023 | up 30.0% | falling |
| 160 | Rwanda | 4.08 | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Ghana | 4.07 | 2023 | up 42.4% | falling |
| 162 | Monaco | 4.05 | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 163 | Mayotte | 4.05 | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 164 | Ireland | 4.04 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 165 | Zambia | 4.03 | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Indonesia | 4.02 | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 167 | Andorra | 4.02 | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 168 | Cyprus | 3.99 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 169 | Saudi Arabia | 3.99 | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 170 | Greenland | 3.96 | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 171 | North Korea | 3.93 | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Tajikistan | 3.91 | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 173 | Comoros | 3.9 | 2023 | up 22.4% | flat |
| 174 | Nauru | 3.9 | 2023 | down 36.8% | rising |
| 175 | Cameroon | 3.88 | 2023 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Tokelau | 3.87 | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Lebanon | 3.85 | 2023 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Laos | 3.84 | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Denmark | 3.8 | 2023 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Switzerland | 3.8 | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 181 | United Kingdom | 3.78 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 182 | Chile | 3.77 | 2023 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 183 | Iran | 3.76 | 2023 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Fiji | 3.73 | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 185 | Yemen | 3.69 | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 186 | Luxembourg | 3.68 | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 187 | Samoa | 3.68 | 2023 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 188 | Albania | 3.67 | 2023 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 189 | Sweden | 3.64 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 190 | Australia | 3.63 | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 191 | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.58 | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 192 | Liechtenstein | 3.54 | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 193 | Burundi | 3.54 | 2023 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 194 | Mauritania | 3.54 | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 195 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.47 | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 196 | Senegal | 3.47 | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 198 | Eritrea | 3.41 | 2023 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 199 | Western Sahara | 3.35 | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 200 | Bhutan | 3.35 | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 201 | Iceland | 3.35 | 2023 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 202 | New Zealand | 3.32 | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 203 | Iraq | 3.3 | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 204 | Chad | 3.3 | 2023 | up 92.0% | falling |
| 205 | Oman | 3.24 | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 206 | India | 3.19 | 2023 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 207 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.19 | 2023 | up 41.7% | falling |
| 208 | Netherlands | 3.15 | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 209 | Maldives | 3.08 | 2023 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 210 | Norway | 3.05 | 2023 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 211 | Congo | 3.04 | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 212 | Bangladesh | 3.03 | 2023 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 213 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.98 | 2023 | up 28.2% | falling |
| 214 | Kiribati | 2.92 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 215 | San Marino | 2.88 | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 216 | East Timor | 2.82 | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 217 | Madagascar | 2.81 | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 218 | Gambia | 2.78 | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 219 | Nepal | 2.71 | 2023 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 220 | Afghanistan | 2.67 | 2023 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 221 | Wallis and Futuna | 2.65 | 2023 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 222 | Sierra Leone | 2.62 | 2023 | up 123.3% | falling |
| 223 | Mali | 2.59 | 2023 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 224 | Algeria | 2.58 | 2023 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 225 | Solomon Islands | 2.52 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 226 | Kuwait | 2.47 | 2023 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 227 | Benin | 2.34 | 2023 | up 64.5% | falling |
| 228 | Libya | 2.32 | 2023 | down 52.9% | rising |
| 229 | United Arab Emirates | 2.14 | 2023 | up 32.7% | falling |
| 230 | Liberia | 1.89 | 2023 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 231 | Guinea | 1.76 | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 232 | Niger | 1.75 | 2023 | up 28.8% | flat |
| 233 | Qatar | 1.67 | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 234 | Bahrain | 1.2 | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 235 | Nigeria | 0.5365 | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 236 | Togo | 0.2249 | 2023 | down 48.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 6.82
- American Samoa 5.57
- Central African Republic 3.45