Iceland vs Maldives: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Iceland
41.0%
in 2023
Maldives
41.1%
in 2023
Iceland rank
77th
Maldives rank
75th
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Iceland
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 41.1% against 41.0% in Iceland, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Maldives ahead.
Iceland ranks 77th and Maldives ranks 75th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 1 and Maldives in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 42.2% | 48.3% | 6.1% | Maldives |
| 1960s | 41.0% | 48.9% | 7.9% | Maldives |
| 1970s | 38.6% | 48.9% | 10.3% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 38.3% | 47.7% | 9.4% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 39.4% | 46.1% | 6.8% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 40.9% | 43.9% | 3.0% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 42.1% | 42.3% | 0.2% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 41.6% | 41.6% | 0.1% | Iceland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Iceland or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 41.1% against 41.0% in Iceland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Iceland and Maldives?
- 0.1%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Maldives?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Iceland and Maldives rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Iceland ranks 77th and Maldives ranks 75th 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.