Benin vs Lesotho: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men
Benin
0.2391
in 2023
Lesotho
0.24
in 2023
Benin rank
8th
Lesotho rank
7th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men over time
- Benin
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 0.24 against 0.2391 in Benin, a difference of 0.0009.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 8th and Lesotho ranks 7th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 5 and Lesotho in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.4946 | 0.3809 | 0.1136 | Benin |
| 1960s | 0.4536 | 0.3489 | 0.1047 | Benin |
| 1970s | 0.4081 | 0.3158 | 0.0924 | Benin |
| 1980s | 0.3644 | 0.2587 | 0.1057 | Benin |
| 1990s | 0.3134 | 0.2635 | 0.0499 | Benin |
| 2000s | 0.2779 | 0.2999 | 0.022 | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 0.2557 | 0.2668 | 0.0111 | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 0.2415 | 0.2447 | 0.0032 | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men, Benin or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 0.24 against 0.2391 in Benin as of 2023.
- What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men between Benin and Lesotho?
- 0.0009, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Lesotho?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Benin and Lesotho rank globally for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?
- Benin ranks 8th and Lesotho ranks 7th 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 in men. 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.