How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Yemen?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

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.

Mauritania vs Yemen: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men

Mauritania

0.1559

in 2023

Yemen

0.1562

in 2023

Mauritania rank

66th

Yemen rank

65th

Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men over time

Mauritania
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 0.1562 against 0.1559 in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0003.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Yemen ahead.

Mauritania ranks 66th and Yemen ranks 65th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1950s	0.447	0.5825	0.1355	Yemen
1960s	0.3796	0.522	0.1423	Yemen
1970s	0.3348	0.412	0.0772	Yemen
1980s	0.2875	0.3049	0.0174	Yemen
1990s	0.2484	0.2437	0.0047	Mauritania
2000s	0.2057	0.1963	0.0094	Mauritania
2010s	0.1732	0.1791	0.006	Yemen
2020s	0.1585	0.1699	0.0114	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men, Mauritania or Yemen?: Yemen, at 0.1562 against 0.1559 in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men between Mauritania and Yemen?: 0.0003, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Yemen?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Yemen rank globally for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?: Mauritania ranks 66th and Yemen ranks 65th 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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Indicator: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.