What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men between Somalia and South Sudan?

0.0061, with South Sudan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and South Sudan?

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.

Somalia vs South Sudan: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men

Somalia

0.2711

in 2023

South Sudan

0.2772

in 2023

Somalia rank

4th

South Sudan rank

3rd

Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men over time

Somalia
South Sudan

How they compare

South Sudan currently reports 0.2772 against 0.2711 in Somalia, a difference of 0.0061.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Sudan ahead.

Somalia ranks 4th and South Sudan ranks 3rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 2 and South Sudan in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	South Sudan	Difference	Ahead
1950s	0.4235	0.5461	0.1226	South Sudan
1960s	0.4031	0.5538	0.1508	South Sudan
1970s	0.3899	0.4922	0.1023	South Sudan
1980s	0.3722	0.5173	0.145	South Sudan
1990s	0.397	0.4925	0.0955	South Sudan
2000s	0.3387	0.3143	0.0244	Somalia
2010s	0.3378	0.3442	0.0063	South Sudan
2020s	0.2836	0.2756	0.008	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men, Somalia or South Sudan?: South Sudan, at 0.2772 against 0.2711 in Somalia as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men between Somalia and South Sudan?: 0.0061, with South Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and South Sudan?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Somalia and South Sudan rank globally for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?: Somalia ranks 4th and South Sudan ranks 3rd 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.