Female to male life expectancy ratio by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
1.2
Ukraine
Lowest
1.01
Togo
Median
1.07
Years covered
273
1751–2023
Data points
18,722
What the numbers show
Female to male life expectancy ratio is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 1.2 in Ukraine; the lowest is 1.01 in Togo.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.07, and the mean is 1.07.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 125 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 13.5%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 9.4%).
Female to male life expectancy ratio: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 1.2 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 1.1 | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 2 | Palestine, State of | 1.2 | 2023 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 2 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 1.09 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 1.18 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 3 | Anguilla | 1.09 | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 4 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.15 | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 4 | Niue | 1.08 | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 5 | Georgia | 1.14 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 5 | Montserrat | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Belarus | 1.14 | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 6 | Mayotte | 1.06 | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 7 | Mongolia | 1.14 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 7 | Tokelau | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | 1.13 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 1.13 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 10 | Lithuania | 1.13 | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 11 | El Salvador | 1.13 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 12 | Namibia | 1.13 | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 13 | Latvia | 1.12 | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 14 | Thailand | 1.12 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 15 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.12 | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 16 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.12 | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 1.12 | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 18 | Curaçao | 1.12 | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 19 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.11 | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 20 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.11 | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 21 | Armenia | 1.11 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 22 | Guyana | 1.11 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | South Africa | 1.11 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 24 | South Sudan | 1.11 | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 25 | Tuvalu | 1.11 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 26 | Guam | 1.11 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 27 | Estonia | 1.11 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 28 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.11 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 29 | Haiti | 1.11 | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 30 | Uruguay | 1.1 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 1.1 | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 32 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.1 | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 33 | Mozambique | 1.1 | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 34 | Bahamas | 1.1 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 35 | Tonga | 1.1 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 36 | Malawi | 1.1 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 37 | Saint Lucia | 1.1 | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 38 | Sudan | 1.1 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 39 | Myanmar | 1.1 | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 40 | Poland | 1.1 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 41 | Romania | 1.1 | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 42 | Lesotho | 1.1 | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 1.1 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 44 | Guadeloupe | 1.09 | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 45 | Eswatini | 1.09 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 46 | Seychelles | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 47 | Dominica | 1.09 | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 48 | Puerto Rico | 1.09 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 49 | Saint Martin (French part) | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 1.09 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 51 | Suriname | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 52 | Uganda | 1.09 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 53 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.09 | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 54 | Somalia | 1.09 | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 55 | Turkmenistan | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 56 | Montenegro | 1.09 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 57 | Serbia | 1.09 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 58 | Philippines | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 59 | Hungary | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 60 | Slovakia | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 61 | Bermuda | 1.09 | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 62 | Cape Verde | 1.09 | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 64 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.09 | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 65 | Mauritius | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 66 | Uzbekistan | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 67 | Paraguay | 1.09 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 68 | Sri Lanka | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 69 | Brazil | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 70 | Papua New Guinea | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 71 | Croatia | 1.08 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 72 | Grenada | 1.08 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 73 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.08 | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 74 | Angola | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 75 | Martinique | 1.08 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 76 | American Samoa | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 77 | Zimbabwe | 1.08 | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 78 | Sint Maarten | 1.08 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 79 | French Guiana | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 80 | Belize | 1.08 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 81 | Djibouti | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 82 | Gabon | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 1.08 | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 84 | Mexico | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 85 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.08 | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 86 | Taiwan, China | 1.08 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 87 | Panama | 1.08 | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 88 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 89 | Ghana | 1.08 | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 90 | China | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 91 | Cambodia | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 92 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 93 | Botswana | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 94 | British Virgin Islands | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 95 | Japan | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 96 | Zambia | 1.07 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 97 | Pakistan | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 98 | Republic of Korea | 1.07 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 99 | Colombia | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 100 | Ecuador | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 101 | Honduras | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 102 | Czechia | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 103 | Burkina Faso | 1.07 | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 104 | Central African Republic | 1.07 | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 105 | Jamaica | 1.07 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 106 | Kenya | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 107 | Réunion | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 108 | Cameroon | 1.07 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 109 | Chad | 1.07 | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 110 | Portugal | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 111 | Türkiye | 1.07 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 112 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.07 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 113 | Tunisia | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 114 | Nicaragua | 1.07 | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 115 | France | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 116 | Finland | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 117 | Palau | 1.07 | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 118 | Slovenia | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 119 | Aruba | 1.07 | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 120 | Malaysia | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 121 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 122 | Argentina | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 123 | Marshall Islands | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 125 | Barbados | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 126 | Rwanda | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 127 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 128 | Burundi | 1.07 | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 129 | Spain | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 130 | Saint Barthélemy | 1.07 | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 131 | New Caledonia | 1.07 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 132 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.07 | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 133 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 1.07 | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 134 | Guatemala | 1.06 | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 135 | United States of America | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 136 | Gibraltar | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 138 | Cuba | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 139 | Comoros | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 140 | Greenland | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 141 | Hong Kong, China | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 142 | Greece | 1.06 | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 144 | Cayman Islands | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 145 | Peru | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 146 | Eritrea | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 147 | Egypt | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 148 | Yemen | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 149 | Naoero | 1.06 | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 150 | Fiji | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 151 | Singapore | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 152 | Indonesia | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 153 | Morocco | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 154 | Austria | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 155 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 1.06 | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 156 | Germany | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 157 | Mauritania | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 158 | North Macedonia | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 159 | Senegal | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 160 | Jordan | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 161 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 162 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 163 | French Polynesia | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 164 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 165 | Sierra Leone | 1.06 | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 166 | Bailiwick of Guernsey | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 167 | Belgium | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 168 | Kiribati | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 169 | Madagascar | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 170 | Faroe Islands | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 171 | Western Sahara | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 172 | Israel | 1.05 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 173 | Canada | 1.05 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 174 | Macau, China | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 175 | Samoa | 1.05 | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 176 | Holy See | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 177 | Isle of Man | 1.05 | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 178 | Falkland Islands, Malvinas | 1.05 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 179 | Lebanon | 1.05 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 180 | Saudi Arabia | 1.05 | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 181 | Gambia | 1.05 | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 182 | Congo | 1.05 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 183 | Jersey | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 184 | Iraq | 1.05 | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 185 | Bhutan | 1.05 | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 186 | Italy | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 187 | Ireland | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 188 | Timor-Leste | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 189 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 190 | Cyprus | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 191 | Malta | 1.05 | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 192 | Andorra | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 193 | Mali | 1.05 | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 194 | Chile | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 195 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.05 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 196 | Benin | 1.05 | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 197 | Monaco | 1.05 | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 198 | Denmark | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 199 | Albania | 1.05 | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 200 | Afghanistan | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 201 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 202 | Switzerland | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 203 | Bangladesh | 1.05 | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 204 | Sweden | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 205 | Australia | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 206 | India | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 207 | Nepal | 1.04 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 208 | Iceland | 1.04 | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 209 | Oman | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 210 | Liechtenstein | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 211 | Liberia | 1.04 | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 212 | New Zealand | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 213 | Luxembourg | 1.04 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 214 | Guinea | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 215 | Solomon Islands | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 216 | Netherlands | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 217 | Maldives | 1.04 | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 218 | Norway | 1.04 | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 219 | Algeria | 1.04 | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 220 | San Marino | 1.03 | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 221 | Kuwait | 1.03 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 222 | Libya | 1.03 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 223 | Niger | 1.03 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 224 | United Arab Emirates | 1.03 | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 225 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.03 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 226 | Qatar | 1.02 | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 227 | Bahrain | 1.02 | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 228 | Nigeria | 1.01 | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 229 | Togo | 1.01 | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |