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, State of (up 13.5%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 9.4%).

Gender ratio in life expectancy at birth: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 1.09 2023 up 0.3% flat
3 Russian Federation 1.18 2023 up 0.1% flat
3 Anguilla, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 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, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 1.06 2023 up 0.1% flat
6 Belarus, Republic of 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 Moldova, Republic of 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 St. Pierre and Miquelon 1.12 2023 down 0.2% falling
16 Micronesia, Federated States of 1.12 2023 up 2.4% flat
17 Kazakhstan, Republic of 1.12 2023 down 2.8% flat
18 Curaçao 1.12 2023 up 1.3% flat
19 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 1.11 2023 down 0.9% rising
20 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 1.11 2023 up 1.9% flat
21 Armenia, Republic of 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, Republic of 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 St. 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, The Federal Democratic Republic of 1.1 2023 up 2.0% falling
32 Kyrgyz Republic 1.1 2023 down 1.7% flat
33 Mozambique, Republic of 1.1 2023 up 3.4% flat
34 Bahamas, The 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 St. 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, Kingdom of 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, Kingdom of 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 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, Republic of 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 Slovak Republic 1.09 2023 down 0.9% flat
61 Bermuda 1.09 2023 down 2.3% flat
62 Cabo 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, Republic of 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 St. 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, Kingdom of the Netherlands 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, Republic of 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 Province of 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 (People’s Republic of) 1.08 2023 up 0.4% flat
91 Cambodia 1.08 2023 up 0.5% falling
92 Bolivia 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 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, Kingdom of the Netherlands 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, Republic of the 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 Barthelemy 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, Saint Eustatius and Saba 1.07 2023 down 1.8% flat
134 Guatemala 1.06 2023 down 1.3% rising
135 United States 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, Union of the 1.06 2023 up 0.8% flat
140 Greenland 1.06 2023 up 0.4% flat
141 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 1.06 2023 down 0.6% falling
142 Greece 1.06 2023 down 1.0% flat
143 Tajikistan, Republic of 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, The State of 1.06 2023 down 0.1% falling
147 Egypt, Arab Republic of 1.06 2023 down 0.9% falling
148 Yemen, Republic of 1.06 2023 up 0.3% falling
149 Naoero 1.06 2023 down 3.9% flat
150 Fiji, Republic of 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, Islamic Republic of 1.06 2023 down 0.6% flat
158 North Macedonia, Republic of 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, Republic of 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 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, Republic of 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 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of 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, The 1.05 2023 up 1.1% flat
182 Congo, Republic of 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, Democratic Republic of 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, Principality of 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 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, Islamic Republic of 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, Republic of 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, Kingdom of 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

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Indicator
Gender ratio in life expectancy at birth
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
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