Eritrea vs Malawi: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex
Eritrea
0.1488
in 2023
Malawi
0.1477
in 2023
Eritrea rank
49th
Malawi rank
51st
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex over time
- Eritrea
- Malawi
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 0.1488 against 0.1477 in Malawi, a difference of 0.0011.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malawi ahead.
Eritrea ranks 49th and Malawi ranks 51st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 1 and Malawi in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.4791 | 0.5088 | 0.0296 | Malawi |
| 1960s | 0.4218 | 0.4895 | 0.0677 | Malawi |
| 1970s | 0.3893 | 0.4437 | 0.0544 | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0.3761 | 0.392 | 0.0159 | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.2816 | 0.373 | 0.0914 | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.2182 | 0.2841 | 0.066 | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.1733 | 0.1914 | 0.0181 | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.1539 | 0.1538 | 0.0001 | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex, Eritrea or Malawi?
- Eritrea, at 0.1488 against 0.1477 in Malawi as of 2023.
- What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex between Eritrea and Malawi?
- 0.0011, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Malawi?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Eritrea and Malawi rank globally for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex?
- Eritrea ranks 49th and Malawi ranks 51st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.