Sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages in India
India: Sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages was 1.04 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
1.04
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
213th
of 236 countries
All-time high
1.05
in 2020
All-time low
0.9636
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages in India, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
India recorded 1.04 for sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages in India peaked at 1.05 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.9636, in 1950.
India ranks 213th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages in India, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.9636 | — |
| 1951 | 0.9652 | +0.2% |
| 1952 | 0.9665 | +0.1% |
| 1953 | 0.9677 | +0.1% |
| 1954 | 0.9686 | +0.1% |
| 1955 | 0.969 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.9692 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.9691 | -0.0% |
| 1958 | 0.969 | -0.0% |
| 1959 | 0.969 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.9695 | +0.0% |
| 1961 | 0.9704 | +0.1% |
| 1962 | 0.9714 | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 0.9725 | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 0.9735 | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 0.9759 | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 0.9767 | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 0.9773 | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 0.9764 | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 0.9768 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.9774 | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 0.9778 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.9787 | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.9795 | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.9804 | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.9818 | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.9837 | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.9859 | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 0.9891 | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 0.9924 | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.996 | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.9997 | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 1 | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 1.01 | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 1.01 | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 1.01 | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 1.02 | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 1.02 | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 1.02 | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 1.02 | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 1.02 | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 1.03 | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 1.03 | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 1.03 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1.03 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1.03 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1.03 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.03 | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 1.03 | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 1.03 | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 1.03 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 1.04 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1.04 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1.04 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1.04 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1.04 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1.05 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1.05 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1.05 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1.05 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.05 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.05 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.05 | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.05 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.05 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.05 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.04 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1.04 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.04 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.04 | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.05 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 1.05 | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 1.04 | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 1.04 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.9677 | 0.9636 | 0.9692 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.974 | 0.9695 | 0.9773 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.9827 | 0.9774 | 0.9924 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.01 | 0.996 | 1.02 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.03 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.05 | 1.04 | 1.05 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.05 | 1.04 | 1.05 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages in India?
- Sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages in India was 1.04 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 in 2020.
- What is the lowest sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9636 in 1950.
- How does India rank for sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages?
- India ranks 213th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Ratio of period life expectancy (females/males) at a given age.