Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
0.2807
Nigeria
Lowest
0.0635
Macau, China
Median
0.1019
Years covered
273
1751–2023
Data points
18,722
What the numbers show
Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 0.2807 in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.0635 in Macau, China.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1019, and the mean is 0.1153.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 209 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 58.4%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 29.0%).
Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 0.2807 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 1 | Niue | 0.1257 | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 2 | Chad | 0.2633 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 2 | Tokelau | 0.1024 | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 0.2403 | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 0.0953 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 4 | South Sudan | 0.2393 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 4 | Mayotte | 0.0943 | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Somalia | 0.2356 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 5 | Montserrat | 0.0902 | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 6 | Guinea | 0.228 | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 6 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 0.0899 | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 7 | Lesotho | 0.225 | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 7 | Anguilla | 0.0793 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 8 | Niger | 0.2246 | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 9 | Benin | 0.2208 | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 10 | Mali | 0.2162 | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 11 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.2063 | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 0.2045 | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 0.2019 | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 14 | Togo | 0.1966 | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 15 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.196 | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 16 | Madagascar | 0.1948 | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 17 | Liberia | 0.1903 | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 18 | Burundi | 0.1868 | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 19 | Naoero | 0.1858 | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 0.1852 | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 21 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.184 | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 22 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1836 | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 23 | Kenya | 0.1827 | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 24 | Cameroon | 0.1807 | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 25 | Eswatini | 0.1786 | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 26 | Angola | 0.1746 | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 27 | Gambia | 0.1725 | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 28 | Mozambique | 0.1688 | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 29 | Ghana | 0.1687 | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 30 | Djibouti | 0.1687 | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 31 | Palestine, State of | 0.1666 | 2023 | up 58.4% | falling |
| 32 | Afghanistan | 0.1662 | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 33 | South Africa | 0.1656 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 34 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.1649 | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 35 | Uganda | 0.1641 | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 36 | Libya | 0.1637 | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Sudan | 0.1614 | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 38 | Congo | 0.1606 | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 39 | Kiribati | 0.1605 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 40 | Haiti | 0.1596 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 41 | Namibia | 0.1533 | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 42 | Comoros | 0.1529 | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 0.1515 | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1505 | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 45 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.1505 | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 46 | Pakistan | 0.1502 | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 47 | Zambia | 0.1501 | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 48 | Timor-Leste | 0.1491 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 49 | Eritrea | 0.1488 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 50 | Marshall Islands | 0.1483 | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 51 | Malawi | 0.1477 | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 52 | Botswana | 0.1469 | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 53 | Rwanda | 0.1462 | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 54 | Gabon | 0.1443 | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 55 | Myanmar | 0.1413 | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 56 | Tuvalu | 0.1408 | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 57 | Mauritania | 0.1407 | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 58 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.1364 | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 59 | Senegal | 0.1354 | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 60 | Yemen | 0.1346 | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 61 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.1345 | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 62 | Guyana | 0.1339 | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 63 | Fiji | 0.1325 | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 64 | Palau | 0.1323 | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 65 | Greenland | 0.1291 | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 66 | India | 0.1281 | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 67 | Cambodia | 0.128 | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 68 | Nepal | 0.1263 | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 69 | Bangladesh | 0.1263 | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 0.1256 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 71 | Philippines | 0.1239 | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 72 | Turkmenistan | 0.1236 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 73 | Indonesia | 0.1229 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 74 | Suriname | 0.1227 | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 75 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1226 | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 76 | Samoa | 0.1224 | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 77 | Bahamas | 0.122 | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 78 | Solomon Islands | 0.1217 | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 79 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1198 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 80 | Vanuatu | 0.1193 | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 81 | Grenada | 0.1192 | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 82 | Western Sahara | 0.1184 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 83 | Guam | 0.1183 | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 84 | Guatemala | 0.1179 | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 85 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.117 | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 0.1154 | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 87 | Peru | 0.1145 | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 88 | Dominica | 0.1143 | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 89 | Jamaica | 0.1141 | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 90 | Iraq | 0.1138 | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 91 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.1135 | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 92 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.1119 | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 93 | Honduras | 0.1103 | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 94 | Bhutan | 0.1103 | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 95 | Paraguay | 0.1098 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 96 | Mauritius | 0.1097 | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 97 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1087 | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 98 | El Salvador | 0.1087 | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1082 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 100 | Tonga | 0.1077 | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 101 | American Samoa | 0.1074 | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 102 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1072 | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | 0.1071 | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 104 | Viet Nam | 0.1063 | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 105 | Thailand | 0.1062 | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 106 | Ukraine | 0.1061 | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 107 | Mexico | 0.106 | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 108 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1053 | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 109 | Mongolia | 0.1052 | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 110 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.105 | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 111 | Seychelles | 0.1045 | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 112 | Saint Lucia | 0.1044 | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 113 | Egypt | 0.103 | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Uruguay | 0.1027 | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 115 | Nicaragua | 0.1027 | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 116 | Argentina | 0.1027 | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 117 | Ecuador | 0.1015 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 118 | Panama | 0.1014 | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 119 | Russian Federation | 0.1013 | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 120 | Belize | 0.1012 | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 121 | Malaysia | 0.1011 | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 122 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.1008 | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 123 | Brazil | 0.1007 | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 124 | Morocco | 0.1007 | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1005 | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 126 | Algeria | 0.1001 | 2023 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Türkiye | 0.0998 | 2023 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 128 | Azerbaijan | 0.0966 | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 129 | Cuba | 0.0964 | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 130 | Lebanon | 0.0963 | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 131 | Cayman Islands | 0.0962 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 132 | Kazakhstan | 0.0958 | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 133 | United States of America | 0.0958 | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 134 | Barbados | 0.0943 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 135 | Isle of Man | 0.0937 | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 136 | Colombia | 0.0935 | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 137 | Georgia | 0.0932 | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 138 | Sint Maarten | 0.0932 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 139 | Jordan | 0.0916 | 2023 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Serbia | 0.0916 | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 141 | Guadeloupe | 0.0914 | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 142 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0913 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 143 | Latvia | 0.0904 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 144 | Costa Rica | 0.0904 | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 145 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0902 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 146 | Chile | 0.0897 | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 147 | Bulgaria | 0.0893 | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.089 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 149 | Tunisia | 0.0884 | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Lithuania | 0.0884 | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 151 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.0881 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 152 | Cape Verde | 0.0879 | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 153 | Aruba | 0.0873 | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 154 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0873 | 2023 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Curaçao | 0.0871 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 156 | Romania | 0.0869 | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 157 | Malta | 0.0867 | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 158 | Hungary | 0.0867 | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 159 | Jersey | 0.0866 | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 160 | Bahrain | 0.0864 | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Luxembourg | 0.0864 | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 162 | Montenegro | 0.0864 | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 163 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0862 | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Belarus | 0.0861 | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 165 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0859 | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 166 | New Caledonia | 0.0856 | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 167 | Armenia | 0.0854 | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 168 | China | 0.0853 | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 169 | French Guiana | 0.085 | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 170 | Poland | 0.0842 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 171 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0841 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 172 | Albania | 0.0841 | 2023 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Slovakia | 0.084 | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 174 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0837 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 175 | Gibraltar | 0.0837 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 176 | Puerto Rico | 0.0834 | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 177 | North Macedonia | 0.0832 | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 178 | Sri Lanka | 0.0829 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 179 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0826 | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 180 | Oman | 0.0823 | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Canada | 0.0822 | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 182 | Martinique | 0.0816 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 183 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0808 | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 184 | Taiwan, China | 0.0807 | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 185 | Estonia | 0.0798 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 186 | New Zealand | 0.0796 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 187 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0788 | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 188 | Belgium | 0.0781 | 2023 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Croatia | 0.0777 | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 190 | Holy See | 0.0775 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 191 | Réunion | 0.0773 | 2023 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Czechia | 0.077 | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 193 | Liechtenstein | 0.077 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 194 | Bailiwick of Guernsey | 0.0763 | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 195 | Ireland | 0.0763 | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 196 | France | 0.0761 | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 197 | Bermuda | 0.0759 | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 198 | Singapore | 0.0759 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 199 | Germany | 0.0758 | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 200 | Denmark | 0.0757 | 2023 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 201 | Netherlands | 0.0754 | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 202 | Greece | 0.0753 | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 203 | Israel | 0.0752 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 204 | Andorra | 0.075 | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 205 | Faroe Islands | 0.0748 | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 206 | Qatar | 0.0741 | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 207 | French Polynesia | 0.074 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 208 | Finland | 0.0739 | 2023 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 209 | Kuwait | 0.0736 | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 210 | Austria | 0.0736 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 211 | Saint Barthélemy | 0.0733 | 2023 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 212 | Portugal | 0.0732 | 2023 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 213 | Slovenia | 0.0731 | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 214 | Sweden | 0.0725 | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 215 | Maldives | 0.0722 | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 216 | Cyprus | 0.0713 | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 217 | Hong Kong, China | 0.0712 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 218 | Australia | 0.0712 | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 219 | Norway | 0.0703 | 2023 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 220 | Japan | 0.0703 | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 221 | Iceland | 0.0701 | 2023 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 222 | Monaco | 0.0694 | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 223 | Spain | 0.0694 | 2023 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 224 | Switzerland | 0.0694 | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 225 | Italy | 0.0692 | 2023 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 226 | Republic of Korea | 0.0683 | 2023 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 227 | San Marino | 0.0667 | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 228 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0656 | 2023 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 229 | Macau, China | 0.0635 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |