Samoa vs Suriname: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex
Samoa
0.1224
in 2023
Suriname
0.1227
in 2023
Samoa rank
77th
Suriname rank
75th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex over time
- Samoa
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 0.1227 against 0.1224 in Samoa, a difference of 0.0003.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 77th and Suriname ranks 75th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 2 and Suriname in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2847 | 0.237 | 0.0478 | Samoa |
| 1960s | 0.2313 | 0.201 | 0.0303 | Samoa |
| 1970s | 0.1801 | 0.1846 | 0.0045 | Suriname |
| 1980s | 0.1471 | 0.1712 | 0.0241 | Suriname |
| 1990s | 0.1272 | 0.1546 | 0.0275 | Suriname |
| 2000s | 0.1183 | 0.1396 | 0.0214 | Suriname |
| 2010s | 0.1235 | 0.1294 | 0.0059 | Suriname |
| 2020s | 0.1239 | 0.13 | 0.006 | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex, Samoa or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 0.1227 against 0.1224 in Samoa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex between Samoa and Suriname?
- 0.0003, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Suriname?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and Suriname rank globally for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex?
- Samoa ranks 77th and Suriname ranks 75th 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.