Mauritania vs Zambia: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Mauritania
42.2%
in 2023
Zambia
42.0%
in 2023
Mauritania rank
51st
Zambia rank
54th
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Mauritania
- Zambia
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 42.2% against 42.0% in Zambia, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 51st and Zambia ranks 54th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 47.8% | 47.5% | 0.3% | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 47.2% | 47.1% | 0.1% | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 45.9% | 46.5% | 0.5% | Zambia |
| 1980s | 45.6% | 45.9% | 0.3% | Zambia |
| 1990s | 45.5% | 47.7% | 2.1% | Zambia |
| 2000s | 43.2% | 48.2% | 4.9% | Zambia |
| 2010s | 42.6% | 44.0% | 1.4% | Zambia |
| 2020s | 42.2% | 41.5% | 0.6% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Mauritania or Zambia?
- Mauritania, at 42.2% against 42.0% in Zambia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Mauritania and Zambia?
- 0.2%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Zambia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Mauritania and Zambia rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Mauritania ranks 51st and Zambia ranks 54th 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.