Sex gap in life expectancy versus child mortality
Female minus male life expectancy, in years. This is compared to the child mortality rate, which is the share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.
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Female minus male life expectancy, in years. This is compared to the child mortality rate, which is the share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.
World Bank indicator SP.DYN.LE60.FE.IN; latest fetched observation: 2025.
The period life expectancy at birth, in a given year. Health expenditure includes all financing schemes and covers all aspects of healthcare. This data is adjusted for differences in living costs between countries.
World Bank indicator SP.DYN.LE60.MA.IN; latest fetched observation: 2025.
The estimated average number of years lived free from disability or disease burden. This is based on period life expectancy, after adjusting for the number of years lived in less than "full health" due to disease and/or injury.
The period life expectancy at birth, broken down by the estimated number of years lived in "full health" versus years lived with disability or disease burden.
The period life expectancy at birth, in a given year. Estimates from three different sources are compared: the United Nations World Population Prospects (UN WPP), the Human Mortality Database (HMD) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
The poverty line of $4.20 per day is set by the World Bank to be representative of the definitions of poverty adopted in lower-middle-income countries. Life expectancy is measured as the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates in the current year were to stay the same throughout its life.
The total height of the curve shows the total sex gap in life expectancy in years (female minus male). Positive values indicate higher life expectancy in females. The stacked areas show how the gap arises from sex differences in death rates in each age group.
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of the number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates in the current year were to stay the same throughout its life.
Healthy life expectancy, defined as the average number of years lived in good health, vs. average per capita health spending measured in current international-$. This data is adjusted for differences in living costs between countries, but it is not adjusted for inflation.
The estimated average number of years lived with disability or disease. This is the difference between period life expectancy and the average number of years lived in “full health”.