Egypt vs Luxembourg: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Egypt
40.0%
in 2023
Luxembourg
40.0%
in 2023
Egypt rank
101st
Luxembourg rank
100th
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Egypt
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Luxembourg currently reports 40.0% against 40.0% in Egypt, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 101st and Luxembourg ranks 100th of 236 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 45.5% | 41.4% | 4.1% | Egypt |
| 1960s | 43.1% | 37.9% | 5.2% | Egypt |
| 1970s | 42.6% | 35.8% | 6.7% | Egypt |
| 1980s | 43.1% | 35.4% | 7.7% | Egypt |
| 1990s | 42.3% | 36.0% | 6.3% | Egypt |
| 2000s | 39.9% | 37.8% | 2.1% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 39.7% | 39.3% | 0.5% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 40.3% | 39.7% | 0.6% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Egypt or Luxembourg?
- Luxembourg, at 40.0% against 40.0% in Egypt as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Egypt and Luxembourg?
- 0.0%, with Luxembourg ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Luxembourg?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Egypt and Luxembourg rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Egypt ranks 101st and Luxembourg ranks 100th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.