Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Martinique
Martinique: Probability that a man will outlive a woman was 35.8% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Martinique, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Martinique recorded 35.8% for probability that a man will outlive a woman in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, probability that a man will outlive a woman in Martinique peaked at 44.9% in 1955 and was at its lowest, 35.8%, in 2023.
Martinique ranks 192nd of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Martinique, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 42.4% | — |
| 1951 | 42.9% | +1.0% |
| 1952 | 44.0% | +2.7% |
| 1953 | 44.2% | +0.5% |
| 1954 | 43.9% | -0.9% |
| 1955 | 44.9% | +2.5% |
| 1956 | 42.4% | -5.6% |
| 1957 | 41.5% | -2.1% |
| 1958 | 41.8% | +0.6% |
| 1959 | 42.8% | +2.6% |
| 1960 | 42.2% | -1.6% |
| 1961 | 42.2% | +0.2% |
| 1962 | 41.6% | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 40.4% | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 41.1% | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 40.0% | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 40.8% | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 40.6% | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 39.7% | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 39.3% | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 39.0% | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 39.7% | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 38.8% | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 38.4% | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 37.2% | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 37.8% | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 38.2% | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 38.2% | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 38.2% | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 38.2% | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 38.3% | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 38.3% | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 38.4% | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 38.4% | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 38.5% | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 38.4% | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 37.3% | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 37.4% | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 37.6% | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 37.3% | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 37.2% | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 36.5% | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 36.5% | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 36.5% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 36.6% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 36.6% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 36.6% | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 36.7% | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 36.7% | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 36.7% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 36.8% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 37.1% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 37.1% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 37.5% | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 36.6% | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 38.2% | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 37.7% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 37.9% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 37.9% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 36.8% | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 37.5% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 38.6% | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 38.2% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 38.3% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 39.2% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 38.7% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 36.7% | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 36.9% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 36.8% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 36.2% | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 36.9% | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 36.9% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 36.0% | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 35.8% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 43.1% | 41.5% | 44.9% | 10 |
| 1960s | 40.8% | 39.3% | 42.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 38.4% | 37.2% | 39.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 38.0% | 37.3% | 38.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.7% | 36.5% | 37.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.3% | 36.6% | 38.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.7% | 36.2% | 39.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.4% | 35.8% | 36.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Martinique
More gender data for Martinique
- Share of women who are married or in a union 1.1% (2020)
- Share of women aged 15–49 who are married or in a union 41.3% (2050)
- Sex ratio at birth 101.29 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio by age 37.91 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at age 5 92.83 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at birth vs. at five years old 101.29 males per 100 females (2023)
- Probability of dying that year, among females 0.7% (2023)
- Sex ratio at age 60 81.22 males per 100 females (2023)
- Male population by age group 7,960 people (2023)
- Female population by age group 7,912 people (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is probability that a man will outlive a woman in Martinique?
- Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Martinique was 35.8% in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Martinique?
- The highest recorded value was 44.9% in 1955.
- What is the lowest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Martinique?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.8% in 2023.
- How does Martinique rank for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Martinique ranks 192nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is probability that a man will outlive a woman rising or falling in Martinique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Martinique data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.