Ethiopia vs Luxembourg: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Ethiopia
40.2%
in 2023
Luxembourg
40.0%
in 2023
Ethiopia rank
96th
Luxembourg rank
100th
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Ethiopia
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 40.2% against 40.0% in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 96th and Luxembourg ranks 100th of 236 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 43.8% | 41.4% | 2.4% | Ethiopia |
| 1960s | 43.2% | 37.9% | 5.3% | Ethiopia |
| 1970s | 43.2% | 35.8% | 7.4% | Ethiopia |
| 1980s | 45.1% | 35.4% | 9.7% | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 47.8% | 36.0% | 11.8% | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 46.8% | 37.8% | 9.0% | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 42.9% | 39.3% | 3.6% | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 40.3% | 39.7% | 0.6% | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Ethiopia or Luxembourg?
- Ethiopia, at 40.2% against 40.0% in Luxembourg as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Ethiopia and Luxembourg?
- 0.2%, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Luxembourg?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Ethiopia and Luxembourg rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Ethiopia ranks 96th 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.