Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Reunion
Reunion: Probability that a man will outlive a woman was 37.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
37.2%
Change on year
down 1.1%
World rank
166th
of 236 countries
All-time high
42.3%
in 1950
All-time low
34.2%
in 1986
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Reunion, 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
In 2023, probability that a man will outlive a woman in Reunion stood at 37.2%.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, probability that a man will outlive a woman in Reunion peaked at 42.3% in 1950 and was at its lowest, 34.2%, in 1986.
Reunion ranks 166th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Reunion, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 42.3% | — |
| 1951 | 41.9% | -1.0% |
| 1952 | 41.4% | -1.2% |
| 1953 | 41.0% | -1.1% |
| 1954 | 40.7% | -0.6% |
| 1955 | 40.5% | -0.5% |
| 1956 | 40.3% | -0.6% |
| 1957 | 40.0% | -0.8% |
| 1958 | 39.7% | -0.7% |
| 1959 | 39.5% | -0.5% |
| 1960 | 39.0% | -1.4% |
| 1961 | 38.5% | -1.3% |
| 1962 | 38.0% | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 37.8% | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 38.0% | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 38.2% | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 38.5% | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 38.2% | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 37.9% | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 37.5% | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 37.2% | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 37.1% | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 36.9% | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 36.5% | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 36.0% | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 35.7% | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 35.7% | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 35.8% | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 35.9% | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 35.8% | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 35.8% | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 35.1% | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 34.8% | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 34.5% | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 34.6% | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 34.3% | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 34.2% | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 34.2% | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 34.3% | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 34.3% | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 34.2% | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 34.2% | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 34.3% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 34.4% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 34.4% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 34.3% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 34.3% | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 34.2% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 34.4% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 34.5% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 34.6% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 34.4% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 34.3% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 34.3% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 34.5% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 34.9% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 35.2% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 35.4% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 35.2% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 35.1% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 35.3% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 35.9% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 36.3% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 36.4% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 36.5% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 36.6% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 36.7% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 36.9% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 36.6% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 36.1% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 37.7% | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 37.3% | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 37.6% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 37.2% | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 40.8% | 39.5% | 42.3% | 10 |
| 1960s | 38.2% | 37.5% | 39.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 36.3% | 35.7% | 37.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 34.6% | 34.2% | 35.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 34.3% | 34.2% | 34.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 34.8% | 34.3% | 35.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.3% | 35.3% | 36.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.5% | 37.2% | 37.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Reunion
- 163 Bahamas 37.5% compare
- 164 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 37.5% compare
- 165 Aruba 37.4% compare
- 167 Antigua and Barbuda 37.1% compare
- 167 Dominica 37.1% compare
- 169 French Polynesia 37.1% compare
More gender data for Reunion
- Share of women who are married or in a union 2.0% (2020)
- Share of women aged 15–49 who are married or in a union 48.7% (2050)
- Sex ratio at birth 102.1 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio by age 35.92 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at age 5 104.26 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at birth vs. at five years old 102.1 males per 100 females (2023)
- Probability of dying that year, among females 0.5% (2023)
- Sex ratio at age 60 95.21 males per 100 females (2023)
- Male population by age group 29,613 people (2023)
- Female population by age group 28,512 people (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is probability that a man will outlive a woman in Reunion?
- Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Reunion was 37.2% 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 Reunion?
- The highest recorded value was 42.3% in 1950.
- What is the lowest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Reunion?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.2% in 1986.
- How does Reunion rank for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Reunion ranks 166th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is probability that a man will outlive a woman rising or falling in Reunion?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Reunion 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.