Israel vs Jamaica: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Israel
40.5%
in 2023
Jamaica
40.3%
in 2023
Israel rank
89th
Jamaica rank
92nd
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Israel
- Jamaica
How they compare
Israel currently reports 40.5% against 40.3% in Jamaica, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Jamaica ahead.
Israel ranks 89th and Jamaica ranks 92nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 3 and Jamaica in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 44.7% | 45.5% | 0.8% | Jamaica |
| 1960s | 44.3% | 44.2% | 0.1% | Israel |
| 1970s | 42.7% | 43.4% | 0.7% | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 41.9% | 45.6% | 3.6% | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 41.6% | 45.0% | 3.4% | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 41.2% | 41.1% | 0.1% | Israel |
| 2010s | 41.3% | 41.1% | 0.2% | Israel |
| 2020s | 40.1% | 40.3% | 0.2% | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Israel or Jamaica?
- Israel, at 40.5% against 40.3% in Jamaica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Israel and Jamaica?
- 0.2%, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Jamaica?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Israel and Jamaica rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Israel ranks 89th and Jamaica ranks 92nd 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.