Gender ratio in life expectancy at birth 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
Gender ratio in life expectancy at birth 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 (up 13.5%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 9.4%).
Gender ratio in life expectancy at birth: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 1.2 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 2 | Palestine | 1.2 | 2023 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 3 | Russia | 1.18 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.15 | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 5 | Georgia | 1.14 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 6 | Belarus | 1.14 | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 7 | Mongolia | 1.14 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 8 | Moldova | 1.13 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 9 | Vietnam | 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 (country) | 1.12 | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 1.12 | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 18 | Curacao | 1.12 | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 19 | Venezuela | 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 | Cook Islands | 1.1 | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 41 | Poland | 1.1 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 42 | Romania | 1.1 | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 43 | Lesotho | 1.1 | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 1.1 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 45 | Guadeloupe | 1.09 | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 46 | Eswatini | 1.09 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 47 | Seychelles | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 48 | Dominica | 1.09 | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 49 | Puerto Rico | 1.09 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 50 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 51 | Saint Helena | 1.09 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 1.09 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 53 | Suriname | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 54 | Uganda | 1.09 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 55 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.09 | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 56 | Somalia | 1.09 | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 57 | Turkmenistan | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 58 | Montenegro | 1.09 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 59 | Serbia | 1.09 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 60 | Philippines | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 61 | Hungary | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 62 | Slovakia | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 63 | Bermuda | 1.09 | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 64 | Anguilla | 1.09 | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 65 | Cape Verde | 1.09 | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 67 | Tanzania | 1.09 | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 68 | Mauritius | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 69 | Uzbekistan | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 70 | Paraguay | 1.09 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 72 | Brazil | 1.09 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 73 | Papua New Guinea | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 74 | Croatia | 1.08 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 75 | Grenada | 1.08 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 76 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.08 | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 77 | Angola | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 78 | Martinique | 1.08 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 79 | American Samoa | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 80 | Zimbabwe | 1.08 | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 81 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.08 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 82 | French Guiana | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 83 | Belize | 1.08 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 84 | Djibouti | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 85 | Niue | 1.08 | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 86 | Gabon | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 1.08 | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 88 | Mexico | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 89 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.08 | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 90 | Taiwan | 1.08 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 91 | Panama | 1.08 | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 92 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 93 | Ghana | 1.08 | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 94 | China | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 95 | Cambodia | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 96 | Bolivia | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 97 | Botswana | 1.08 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 98 | British Virgin Islands | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 99 | Japan | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 100 | Zambia | 1.07 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 101 | Pakistan | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 102 | South Korea | 1.07 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 103 | Colombia | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 104 | Ecuador | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 105 | Honduras | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 106 | Czechia | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 107 | Burkina Faso | 1.07 | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 108 | Central African Republic | 1.07 | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 109 | Jamaica | 1.07 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 110 | Kenya | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 111 | Reunion | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 112 | Cameroon | 1.07 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 113 | Chad | 1.07 | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 114 | Portugal | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 115 | Turkey | 1.07 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 116 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.07 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 117 | Tunisia | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 1.07 | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 119 | France | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 120 | Finland | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 121 | Palau | 1.07 | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 122 | Slovenia | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 123 | Aruba | 1.07 | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 124 | Malaysia | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 125 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 126 | Argentina | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 127 | Marshall Islands | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 129 | Barbados | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 130 | Rwanda | 1.07 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 131 | Laos | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 132 | Burundi | 1.07 | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 133 | Spain | 1.07 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 134 | Saint Barthelemy | 1.07 | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 135 | New Caledonia | 1.07 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 136 | Syria | 1.07 | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 137 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 1.07 | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 138 | Guatemala | 1.06 | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 139 | United States | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 140 | Gibraltar | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 142 | Cuba | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 143 | Comoros | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 144 | Greenland | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 145 | Hong Kong | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 146 | Greece | 1.06 | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 147 | Montserrat | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 148 | Tajikistan | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 149 | Cayman Islands | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 150 | Peru | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 151 | Eritrea | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 152 | Egypt | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 153 | Yemen | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 154 | Nauru | 1.06 | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 155 | Fiji | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 156 | Singapore | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 157 | Indonesia | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 158 | Morocco | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 159 | Austria | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 160 | North Korea | 1.06 | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 161 | Germany | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 162 | Mauritania | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 163 | North Macedonia | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 164 | Senegal | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 165 | Jordan | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 166 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 168 | French Polynesia | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 169 | Brunei | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 170 | Mayotte | 1.06 | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 171 | Sierra Leone | 1.06 | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 172 | Guernsey | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 173 | Belgium | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 174 | Kiribati | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 175 | Madagascar | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 176 | Faroe Islands | 1.06 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 177 | Western Sahara | 1.06 | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 178 | Israel | 1.05 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 179 | Canada | 1.05 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 180 | Macao | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 181 | Samoa | 1.05 | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 182 | Vatican | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 183 | Isle of Man | 1.05 | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 184 | Falkland Islands | 1.05 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 185 | Tokelau | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 186 | Lebanon | 1.05 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 187 | Saudi Arabia | 1.05 | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 188 | Gambia | 1.05 | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 189 | Congo | 1.05 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 190 | Jersey | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 191 | Iraq | 1.05 | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 192 | Bhutan | 1.05 | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 193 | Italy | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 194 | Ireland | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 195 | East Timor | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 196 | Iran | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 197 | Cyprus | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 198 | Malta | 1.05 | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 199 | Andorra | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 200 | Mali | 1.05 | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 201 | Chile | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 202 | United Kingdom | 1.05 | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 203 | Benin | 1.05 | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 204 | Monaco | 1.05 | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 205 | Denmark | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 206 | Albania | 1.05 | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 207 | Afghanistan | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 208 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 209 | Switzerland | 1.05 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 210 | Bangladesh | 1.05 | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 211 | Sweden | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 212 | Australia | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 213 | India | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 214 | Nepal | 1.04 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 215 | Iceland | 1.04 | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 216 | Oman | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 217 | Liechtenstein | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 218 | Liberia | 1.04 | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 219 | New Zealand | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 220 | Luxembourg | 1.04 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 221 | Guinea | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 222 | Solomon Islands | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 223 | Netherlands | 1.04 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 224 | Maldives | 1.04 | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 225 | Norway | 1.04 | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 226 | Algeria | 1.04 | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 227 | San Marino | 1.03 | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 228 | Kuwait | 1.03 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 229 | Libya | 1.03 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 230 | Niger | 1.03 | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 231 | United Arab Emirates | 1.03 | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 232 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.03 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 233 | Qatar | 1.02 | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 234 | Bahrain | 1.02 | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 235 | Nigeria | 1.01 | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 236 | Togo | 1.01 | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |