Madagascar vs Sierra Leone: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men
Madagascar
0.2174
in 2023
Sierra Leone
0.2255
in 2023
Madagascar rank
15th
Sierra Leone rank
14th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men over time
- Madagascar
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.2255 against 0.2174 in Madagascar, a difference of 0.0081.
Across all 74 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 15th and Sierra Leone ranks 14th of 236 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.4173 | 0.574 | 0.1567 | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 0.3817 | 0.5174 | 0.1357 | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 0.348 | 0.4638 | 0.1159 | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 0.3422 | 0.429 | 0.0868 | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 0.3007 | 0.4186 | 0.1179 | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 0.245 | 0.3573 | 0.1123 | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.22 | 0.2797 | 0.0597 | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.2179 | 0.2324 | 0.0145 | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men, Madagascar or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.2255 against 0.2174 in Madagascar as of 2023.
- What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men between Madagascar and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0081, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sierra Leone?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Madagascar and Sierra Leone rank globally for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?
- Madagascar ranks 15th and Sierra Leone ranks 14th 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.