Luxembourg vs Papua New Guinea: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Luxembourg
40.0%
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
40.0%
in 2023
Luxembourg rank
100th
Papua New Guinea rank
103rd
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Luxembourg
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Luxembourg currently reports 40.0% against 40.0% in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 100th and Papua New Guinea ranks 103rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 41.4% | 45.2% | 3.9% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1960s | 37.9% | 44.6% | 6.7% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 35.8% | 43.6% | 7.8% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 35.4% | 42.6% | 7.2% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 36.0% | 42.7% | 6.7% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 37.8% | 43.0% | 5.2% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 39.3% | 40.8% | 1.5% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 39.7% | 39.6% | 0.0% | Luxembourg |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Luxembourg or Papua New Guinea?
- Luxembourg, at 40.0% against 40.0% in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Luxembourg and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0%, with Luxembourg ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Papua New Guinea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Luxembourg and Papua New Guinea rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Luxembourg ranks 100th and Papua New Guinea ranks 103rd 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.