Sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages in Netherlands
Netherlands: Sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages was 1.04 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Latest (2023)
1.04
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
223rd
of 236 countries
All-time high
1.21
in 1945
All-time low
1.02
in 1933
Years of data
174
1850–2023
Sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages in Netherlands, 1850–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 1.04 for sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages in 2023.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages in Netherlands peaked at 1.21 in 1945 and was at its lowest, 1.02, in 1933.
That places Netherlands 223rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 1.05 | — |
| 1851 | 1.04 | -0.9% |
| 1852 | 1.04 | +0.4% |
| 1853 | 1.05 | +1.0% |
| 1854 | 1.04 | -0.9% |
| 1855 | 1.05 | +0.3% |
| 1856 | 1.04 | -0.4% |
| 1857 | 1.05 | +0.4% |
| 1858 | 1.06 | +1.4% |
| 1859 | 1.07 | +0.3% |
| 1860 | 1.06 | -0.8% |
| 1861 | 1.04 | -1.3% |
| 1862 | 1.04 | -0.8% |
| 1863 | 1.05 | +1.6% |
| 1864 | 1.05 | -0.3% |
| 1865 | 1.05 | +0.2% |
| 1866 | 1.07 | +1.6% |
| 1867 | 1.05 | -1.3% |
| 1868 | 1.05 | -0.4% |
| 1869 | 1.05 | +0.1% |
| 1870 | 1.05 | +0.3% |
| 1871 | 1.06 | +0.4% |
| 1872 | 1.07 | +1.4% |
| 1873 | 1.07 | -0.6% |
| 1874 | 1.06 | -0.5% |
| 1875 | 1.06 | -0.0% |
| 1876 | 1.06 | +0.4% |
| 1877 | 1.06 | +0.0% |
| 1878 | 1.06 | -0.2% |
| 1879 | 1.06 | -0.5% |
| 1880 | 1.07 | +1.5% |
| 1881 | 1.06 | -1.0% |
| 1882 | 1.07 | +0.5% |
| 1883 | 1.06 | -0.5% |
| 1884 | 1.06 | -0.1% |
| 1885 | 1.06 | -0.5% |
| 1886 | 1.08 | +2.1% |
| 1887 | 1.07 | -0.8% |
| 1888 | 1.07 | -0.2% |
| 1889 | 1.06 | -0.7% |
| 1890 | 1.06 | +0.2% |
| 1891 | 1.06 | +0.3% |
| 1892 | 1.06 | -0.3% |
| 1893 | 1.06 | +0.0% |
| 1894 | 1.06 | +0.1% |
| 1895 | 1.07 | +0.4% |
| 1896 | 1.06 | -1.0% |
| 1897 | 1.07 | +1.3% |
| 1898 | 1.06 | -0.7% |
| 1899 | 1.06 | -0.4% |
| 1900 | 1.06 | +0.1% |
| 1901 | 1.07 | +0.7% |
| 1902 | 1.05 | -1.3% |
| 1903 | 1.06 | +0.7% |
| 1904 | 1.05 | -0.8% |
| 1905 | 1.05 | +0.1% |
| 1906 | 1.04 | -1.2% |
| 1907 | 1.05 | +0.5% |
| 1908 | 1.05 | +0.0% |
| 1909 | 1.04 | -0.2% |
| 1910 | 1.04 | -0.4% |
| 1911 | 1.04 | +0.2% |
| 1912 | 1.04 | -0.7% |
| 1913 | 1.04 | +0.2% |
| 1914 | 1.04 | +0.1% |
| 1915 | 1.03 | -0.5% |
| 1916 | 1.04 | +0.2% |
| 1917 | 1.04 | +0.2% |
| 1918 | 1.04 | +0.5% |
| 1919 | 1.03 | -1.2% |
| 1920 | 1.03 | +0.1% |
| 1921 | 1.03 | -0.4% |
| 1922 | 1.02 | -0.5% |
| 1923 | 1.02 | +0.2% |
| 1924 | 1.02 | -0.4% |
| 1925 | 1.03 | +0.4% |
| 1926 | 1.02 | -0.3% |
| 1927 | 1.02 | +0.1% |
| 1928 | 1.02 | +0.1% |
| 1929 | 1.02 | -0.1% |
| 1930 | 1.02 | -0.1% |
| 1931 | 1.02 | -0.2% |
| 1932 | 1.02 | -0.1% |
| 1933 | 1.02 | -0.0% |
| 1934 | 1.02 | +0.2% |
| 1935 | 1.02 | -0.0% |
| 1936 | 1.02 | -0.2% |
| 1937 | 1.02 | +0.2% |
| 1938 | 1.03 | +0.3% |
| 1939 | 1.02 | -0.1% |
| 1940 | 1.06 | +3.3% |
| 1941 | 1.05 | -0.9% |
| 1942 | 1.06 | +0.7% |
| 1943 | 1.06 | +0.1% |
| 1944 | 1.08 | +2.0% |
| 1945 | 1.21 | +11.9% |
| 1946 | 1.04 | -13.7% |
| 1947 | 1.04 | -0.2% |
| 1948 | 1.04 | +0.1% |
| 1949 | 1.04 | -0.1% |
| 1950 | 1.03 | -0.5% |
| 1951 | 1.04 | +0.3% |
| 1952 | 1.03 | -0.3% |
| 1953 | 1.04 | +0.3% |
| 1954 | 1.04 | +0.4% |
| 1955 | 1.04 | +0.4% |
| 1956 | 1.04 | -0.0% |
| 1957 | 1.04 | +0.1% |
| 1958 | 1.05 | +0.2% |
| 1959 | 1.05 | +0.7% |
| 1960 | 1.05 | -0.1% |
| 1961 | 1.06 | +0.6% |
| 1962 | 1.06 | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 1.07 | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 1.07 | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 1.07 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1.07 | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 1.08 | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 1.08 | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 1.08 | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 1.08 | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 1.08 | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 1.08 | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 1.08 | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 1.08 | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 1.09 | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 1.09 | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 1.09 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1.09 | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 1.09 | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 1.09 | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 1.09 | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 1.09 | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 1.09 | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 1.09 | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 1.09 | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 1.09 | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 1.09 | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 1.09 | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 1.08 | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 1.08 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1.08 | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 1.08 | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 1.08 | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 1.08 | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 1.08 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1.08 | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 1.07 | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 1.07 | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 1.07 | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 1.07 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 1.06 | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 1.06 | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 1.06 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.06 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 1.06 | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 1.05 | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 1.05 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.05 | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 1.05 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1.05 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 1.05 | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 1.05 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.05 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1.04 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.04 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.04 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.04 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.04 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.04 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1.04 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1.04 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.04 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.04 | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1.05 | 1.04 | 1.07 | 10 |
| 1860s | 1.05 | 1.04 | 1.07 | 10 |
| 1870s | 1.06 | 1.05 | 1.07 | 10 |
| 1880s | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.08 | 10 |
| 1890s | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.07 | 10 |
| 1900s | 1.05 | 1.04 | 1.07 | 10 |
| 1910s | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 10 |
| 1920s | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 10 |
| 1930s | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 10 |
| 1940s | 1.07 | 1.04 | 1.21 | 10 |
| 1950s | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.07 | 1.05 | 1.08 | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.09 | 1.08 | 1.09 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.09 | 1.08 | 1.09 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.08 | 1.07 | 1.08 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.06 | 1.05 | 1.07 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 | 1.04 | 1.05 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.04 | 1.04 | 1.04 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages in Netherlands?
- Sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages in Netherlands 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.21 in 1945.
- What is the lowest sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.02 in 1933.
- How does Netherlands rank for sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages?
- Netherlands ranks 223rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sex ratio in life expectancy at different ages rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.