Iraq vs Mauritania: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Iraq
42.2%
in 2023
Mauritania
42.2%
in 2023
Iraq rank
50th
Mauritania rank
51st
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Iraq
- Mauritania
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 42.2% against 42.2% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritania ahead.
Iraq ranks 50th and Mauritania ranks 51st of 236 countries.
Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 42.6% | 47.8% | 5.2% | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 41.0% | 47.2% | 6.2% | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 40.8% | 45.9% | 5.1% | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 31.2% | 45.6% | 14.4% | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 39.2% | 45.5% | 6.3% | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 39.2% | 43.2% | 4.0% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 41.6% | 42.6% | 1.0% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 41.3% | 42.2% | 0.9% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Iraq or Mauritania?
- Iraq, at 42.2% against 42.2% in Mauritania as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Iraq and Mauritania?
- 0.0%, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Mauritania?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Iraq and Mauritania rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Iraq ranks 50th and Mauritania ranks 51st 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.