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Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men by country

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

Countries reporting
236
Highest
0.287
Chad
Lowest
0.071
San Marino
Median
0.1241
Years covered
273
1751–2023
Data points
18,722

What the numbers show

Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 0.287 in Chad; the lowest is 0.071 in San Marino.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1241, and the mean is 0.1349.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 211 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 98.8%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 36.8%).

Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chad 0.287 2023 down 10.9% falling
2 Nigeria 0.2825 2023 down 9.0% falling
3 South Sudan 0.2772 2023 up 4.4% falling
4 Somalia 0.2711 2023 down 13.1% falling
5 Central African Republic 0.2582 2023 down 20.5% falling
6 Guinea 0.2446 2023 down 11.4% falling
7 Lesotho 0.24 2023 down 11.7% falling
8 Benin 0.2391 2023 down 7.4% falling
9 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.2346 2023 down 13.2% falling
10 Mali 0.2326 2023 down 12.2% falling
11 Palestine 0.2325 2023 up 98.8% falling
12 Niger 0.2324 2023 down 8.9% falling
13 Burkina Faso 0.2282 2023 down 11.0% falling
14 Sierra Leone 0.2255 2023 down 22.5% falling
15 Madagascar 0.2174 2023 down 1.3% falling
16 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2164 2023 down 15.3% falling
17 Burundi 0.2119 2023 down 14.8% falling
18 Liberia 0.2098 2023 down 10.0% falling
19 Guinea-Bissau 0.2097 2023 down 17.4% falling
20 Cameroon 0.2072 2023 down 17.3% falling
21 Mozambique 0.2063 2023 down 17.2% falling
22 Equatorial Guinea 0.2063 2023 down 15.3% falling
23 Sudan 0.2043 2023 down 10.6% falling
24 Eswatini 0.2035 2023 down 21.1% falling
25 Angola 0.2014 2023 down 18.5% falling
26 Djibouti 0.2007 2023 down 13.6% falling
27 Haiti 0.1992 2023 down 8.2% falling
28 Ghana 0.1991 2023 down 10.9% falling
29 Zimbabwe 0.1986 2023 down 17.4% falling
30 Kenya 0.196 2023 down 5.8% falling
31 Ethiopia 0.1954 2023 down 16.4% falling
32 Togo 0.1944 2023 down 16.9% falling
33 Gambia 0.1939 2023 down 13.0% falling
34 South Africa 0.192 2023 down 9.5% falling
35 Uganda 0.1815 2023 down 18.6% falling
36 Nauru 0.1811 2023 down 8.2% falling
37 Namibia 0.1808 2023 down 18.8% falling
38 Afghanistan 0.18 2023 down 16.9% falling
39 Kiribati 0.1791 2023 down 2.3% falling
40 Myanmar 0.179 2023 down 9.6% falling
41 Zambia 0.178 2023 down 22.0% falling
42 Tanzania 0.1778 2023 down 14.7% falling
43 Bolivia 0.177 2023 down 7.5% falling
44 Malawi 0.1766 2023 down 21.4% falling
45 Pakistan 0.1759 2023 down 12.1% falling
46 Eritrea 0.1758 2023 down 14.1% falling
47 Congo 0.1748 2023 down 12.5% falling
48 Papua New Guinea 0.1713 2023 down 9.9% falling
49 Gabon 0.1711 2023 down 11.1% falling
50 Comoros 0.1691 2023 down 12.9% falling
51 Rwanda 0.1683 2023 down 12.6% falling
52 East Timor 0.1657 2023 down 14.0% falling
53 Ukraine 0.1647 2023 up 14.7% falling
54 Micronesia (country) 0.1643 2023 down 5.9% falling
55 Botswana 0.1641 2023 down 23.1% falling
56 Tuvalu 0.1615 2023 down 7.1% falling
57 Cambodia 0.1602 2023 down 9.6% falling
58 Venezuela 0.1597 2023 down 0.1% falling
59 Libya 0.1593 2023 up 23.0% volatile
60 Marshall Islands 0.1592 2023 down 8.3% falling
61 Guyana 0.1578 2023 down 10.0% falling
62 Laos 0.1577 2023 down 15.9% falling
63 El Salvador 0.157 2023 down 9.3% falling
64 Senegal 0.1567 2023 down 15.8% falling
65 Yemen 0.1562 2023 down 6.8% falling
66 Mauritania 0.1559 2023 down 12.4% falling
67 Greenland 0.1543 2023 down 0.4% falling
68 Russia 0.1536 2023 down 2.4% falling
69 Turkmenistan 0.1524 2023 down 5.8% falling
70 Thailand 0.1504 2023 up 1.4% falling
71 Dominican Republic 0.1482 2023 down 8.4% falling
72 Philippines 0.1481 2023 down 3.2% falling
73 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1479 2023 down 14.0% falling
74 Vietnam 0.1476 2023 down 4.2% falling
75 Guatemala 0.1464 2023 down 11.4% falling
76 Bahamas 0.1461 2023 down 4.5% falling
77 Mexico 0.1456 2023 up 0.4% falling
78 Palau 0.145 2023 down 3.8% falling
79 Guam 0.1445 2023 down 1.4% falling
80 Niue 0.1443 2023 down 9.1% falling
81 Dominica 0.1435 2023 up 4.4% falling
82 Mongolia 0.141 2023 down 12.0% falling
83 India 0.1407 2023 down 16.5% falling
84 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1406 2023 up 1.8% falling
85 Mauritius 0.1391 2023 up 4.6% falling
86 Nepal 0.1385 2023 down 14.4% falling
87 Bangladesh 0.1385 2023 down 11.2% falling
88 Fiji 0.1383 2023 up 0.6% falling
89 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1381 2023 down 8.0% falling
90 Suriname 0.1373 2023 down 8.6% falling
91 Jamaica 0.1372 2023 up 5.6% falling
92 Moldova 0.1365 2023 down 3.4% falling
93 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.136 2023 down 2.2% falling
94 Syria 0.1356 2023 down 36.8% falling
95 Western Sahara 0.1352 2023 down 14.0% falling
96 Indonesia 0.1346 2023 down 9.1% falling
97 Paraguay 0.1341 2023 down 4.5% falling
98 Brazil 0.1341 2023 down 9.6% falling
99 Tajikistan 0.1334 2023 down 12.0% falling
100 North Korea 0.1328 2023 down 7.5% falling
101 Tonga 0.1324 2023 down 4.0% falling
102 Saint Lucia 0.1323 2023 up 2.2% falling
103 Solomon Islands 0.1321 2023 down 9.7% falling
104 Vanuatu 0.1316 2023 down 6.3% falling
105 American Samoa 0.1316 2023 up 6.1% falling
106 Kyrgyzstan 0.1309 2023 down 13.9% falling
107 Peru 0.1295 2023 down 9.1% falling
108 Seychelles 0.1293 2023 down 2.2% falling
109 Samoa 0.1292 2023 down 3.7% falling
110 Kazakhstan 0.1284 2023 down 15.3% falling
111 Iraq 0.1279 2023 down 17.7% falling
112 Honduras 0.1268 2023 down 8.3% falling
113 Grenada 0.1265 2023 down 2.7% falling
114 Nicaragua 0.1264 2023 down 13.7% falling
115 Belize 0.1258 2023 down 10.6% falling
116 Ecuador 0.1252 2023 down 4.5% falling
117 Uzbekistan 0.1247 2023 down 11.6% falling
118 Panama 0.1243 2023 down 6.8% falling
119 Georgia 0.1238 2023 down 7.5% falling
120 Cook Islands 0.1233 2023 down 4.9% falling
121 Bhutan 0.1231 2023 down 13.9% falling
122 Lithuania 0.1225 2023 down 11.8% falling
123 Belarus 0.1218 2023 down 8.5% falling
124 Latvia 0.1213 2023 down 7.5% falling
125 Malaysia 0.1209 2023 down 1.9% falling
126 Azerbaijan 0.1191 2023 down 15.2% falling
127 Colombia 0.1187 2023 down 10.5% falling
128 Egypt 0.1186 2023 down 11.7% falling
129 Uruguay 0.1186 2023 down 4.1% falling
130 United States Virgin Islands 0.1185 2023 down 5.9% falling
131 United States 0.1179 2023 up 2.9% falling
132 Romania 0.1169 2023 down 4.6% falling
133 Cape Verde 0.116 2023 down 14.8% falling
134 Armenia 0.116 2023 down 9.5% falling
135 Guadeloupe 0.116 2023 down 2.6% falling
136 Argentina 0.1156 2023 down 8.1% falling
137 Bulgaria 0.1148 2023 down 4.6% falling
138 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.1145 2023 down 1.9% falling
139 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1134 2023 down 2.7% falling
140 Poland 0.1132 2023 down 3.7% falling
141 New Caledonia 0.1127 2023 down 8.5% falling
142 Brunei 0.1122 2023 down 1.9% falling
143 Costa Rica 0.1121 2023 up 0.0% falling
144 Morocco 0.1119 2023 down 13.8% falling
145 Cuba 0.1115 2023 down 1.4% falling
146 Curacao 0.1102 2023 down 1.3% falling
147 Puerto Rico 0.1094 2023 down 7.4% falling
148 Tunisia 0.1092 2023 down 7.2% volatile
149 Barbados 0.1087 2023 down 7.9% falling
150 Slovakia 0.1087 2023 down 1.8% falling
151 Turkey 0.1087 2023 down 0.6% falling
152 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.1085 2023 down 5.6% falling
153 Chile 0.1084 2023 down 2.7% falling
154 French Guiana 0.108 2023 down 6.2% falling
155 Estonia 0.1078 2023 down 7.4% falling
156 Cayman Islands 0.1077 2023 down 3.8% falling
157 Saint Helena 0.1076 2023 down 2.1% falling
158 Algeria 0.1073 2023 down 11.2% falling
159 Iran 0.1072 2023 down 11.1% falling
160 Hungary 0.1071 2023 down 5.2% falling
161 Mayotte 0.1071 2023 up 8.0% volatile
162 Tokelau 0.1068 2023 down 5.3% falling
163 Isle of Man 0.1068 2023 down 1.3% falling
164 Aruba 0.1063 2023 down 9.3% falling
165 Taiwan 0.1054 2023 down 4.5% falling
166 Lebanon 0.1052 2023 up 5.6% falling
167 British Virgin Islands 0.105 2023 down 3.5% falling
168 Martinique 0.1049 2023 down 0.3% falling
169 Sri Lanka 0.1045 2023 down 11.2% falling
170 Serbia 0.1043 2023 down 3.3% falling
171 Montenegro 0.1021 2023 down 3.0% falling
172 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.1021 2023 down 2.4% falling
173 Saudi Arabia 0.102 2023 down 9.9% volatile
174 Reunion 0.102 2023 down 6.6% falling
175 Albania 0.1014 2023 down 6.7% falling
176 China 0.1012 2023 down 11.2% falling
177 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.101 2023 down 7.8% falling
178 Jordan 0.1007 2023 down 12.6% falling
179 Anguilla 0.1003 2023 down 7.9% falling
180 Gibraltar 0.0998 2023 down 3.6% falling
181 Montserrat 0.0997 2023 down 5.8% falling
182 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0991 2023 down 2.3% falling
183 Israel 0.098 2023 up 5.0% falling
184 Canada 0.0978 2023 up 1.6% falling
185 Czechia 0.0969 2023 down 4.4% falling
186 Croatia 0.0966 2023 down 5.8% falling
187 France 0.0966 2023 down 4.6% falling
188 United Kingdom 0.0966 2023 up 2.3% falling
189 Wallis and Futuna 0.0963 2023 down 5.0% falling
190 Saint Martin (French part) 0.0954 2023 down 2.3% falling
191 North Macedonia 0.0953 2023 down 8.1% falling
192 Portugal 0.0951 2023 down 5.4% falling
193 Northern Mariana Islands 0.095 2023 down 5.4% falling
194 New Zealand 0.0944 2023 up 0.2% falling
195 Falkland Islands 0.0941 2023 down 2.1% falling
196 Bermuda 0.0926 2023 down 10.1% falling
197 Germany 0.0924 2023 down 2.6% falling
198 Jersey 0.0922 2023 up 2.0% falling
199 Greece 0.0922 2023 down 3.8% falling
200 Belgium 0.0919 2023 down 4.9% volatile
201 Finland 0.0919 2023 down 7.4% volatile
202 Slovenia 0.0918 2023 down 4.7% falling
203 Oman 0.0917 2023 down 11.4% volatile
204 Singapore 0.091 2023 up 1.2% falling
205 Austria 0.0906 2023 down 4.6% falling
206 Luxembourg 0.0886 2023 down 4.6% falling
207 Ireland 0.0878 2023 down 4.8% falling
208 Faroe Islands 0.0877 2023 down 6.5% falling
209 Bahrain 0.0873 2023 down 10.8% volatile
210 Hong Kong 0.0871 2023 down 1.9% falling
211 Spain 0.0868 2023 down 4.1% volatile
212 Iceland 0.0858 2023 up 0.4% volatile
213 Japan 0.0856 2023 down 5.0% falling
214 Denmark 0.0848 2023 down 8.6% volatile
215 Malta 0.0845 2023 down 4.7% falling
216 Vatican 0.0841 2023 down 2.1% falling
217 Guernsey 0.0835 2023 down 0.6% falling
218 Kuwait 0.0829 2023 down 9.4% falling
219 Netherlands 0.0825 2023 down 5.1% volatile
220 Saint Barthelemy 0.0824 2023 down 9.7% falling
221 Sweden 0.0823 2023 down 4.5% falling
222 Switzerland 0.0821 2023 down 5.6% volatile
223 Italy 0.0819 2023 down 5.5% volatile
224 Cyprus 0.0818 2023 down 4.9% falling
225 French Polynesia 0.0817 2023 down 6.5% falling
226 Liechtenstein 0.0815 2023 down 4.2% falling
227 Andorra 0.0809 2023 up 0.8% falling
228 Macao 0.0809 2023 down 0.5% falling
229 Australia 0.0807 2023 down 11.7% falling
230 Maldives 0.0785 2023 down 14.3% volatile
231 South Korea 0.0778 2023 down 13.5% volatile
232 Norway 0.0768 2023 down 12.8% falling
233 Monaco 0.0754 2023 down 5.7% falling
234 Qatar 0.0745 2023 down 14.1% volatile
235 United Arab Emirates 0.0712 2023 down 6.9% volatile
236 San Marino 0.071 2023 down 8.3% falling

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