Eritrea vs Kuwait: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Eritrea
43.7%
in 2023
Kuwait
43.8%
in 2023
Eritrea rank
30th
Kuwait rank
27th
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Eritrea
- Kuwait
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 43.8% against 43.7% in Eritrea, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 30th and Kuwait ranks 27th of 236 countries.
Eritrea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 45.9% | 44.7% | 1.2% | Eritrea |
| 1960s | 45.7% | 43.9% | 1.8% | Eritrea |
| 1970s | 44.8% | 41.2% | 3.6% | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 44.8% | 39.2% | 5.6% | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 43.5% | 39.6% | 3.8% | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 45.3% | 40.3% | 5.1% | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 44.3% | 43.5% | 0.8% | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 43.4% | 42.3% | 1.1% | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Eritrea or Kuwait?
- Kuwait, at 43.8% against 43.7% in Eritrea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Eritrea and Kuwait?
- 0.1%, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Kuwait?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Eritrea and Kuwait rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Eritrea ranks 30th and Kuwait ranks 27th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) β 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.