Somalia vs Timor-Leste: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Somalia
43.7%
in 2023
Timor-Leste
43.8%
in 2023
Somalia rank
28th
Timor-Leste rank
25th
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Somalia
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 43.8% against 43.7% in Somalia, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Somalia ahead.
Somalia ranks 28th and Timor-Leste ranks 25th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 7 and Timor-Leste in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 46.9% | 46.8% | 0.0% | Somalia |
| 1960s | 46.8% | 46.8% | 0.0% | Timor-Leste |
| 1970s | 46.8% | 44.2% | 2.6% | Somalia |
| 1980s | 45.6% | 37.5% | 8.1% | Somalia |
| 1990s | 46.2% | 45.8% | 0.3% | Somalia |
| 2000s | 46.4% | 45.0% | 1.4% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 45.4% | 44.3% | 1.2% | Somalia |
| 2020s | 44.4% | 43.6% | 0.8% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Somalia or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at 43.8% against 43.7% in Somalia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Somalia and Timor-Leste?
- 0.1%, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Timor-Leste?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Somalia and Timor-Leste rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Somalia ranks 28th and Timor-Leste ranks 25th 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.