Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Saint Helena
Saint Helena: Probability that a man will outlive a woman was 34.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Saint Helena, 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
The most recent figure for probability that a man will outlive a woman in Saint Helena is 34.0%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, probability that a man will outlive a woman in Saint Helena peaked at 43.9% in 1950 and was at its lowest, 33.0%, in 2022.
Saint Helena ranks 216th 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 Saint Helena, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 43.9% | — |
| 1951 | 43.6% | -0.5% |
| 1952 | 43.5% | -0.4% |
| 1953 | 43.2% | -0.7% |
| 1954 | 42.9% | -0.7% |
| 1955 | 42.7% | -0.4% |
| 1956 | 42.5% | -0.4% |
| 1957 | 42.5% | -0.2% |
| 1958 | 42.3% | -0.4% |
| 1959 | 42.2% | -0.2% |
| 1960 | 42.1% | -0.2% |
| 1961 | 42.0% | -0.2% |
| 1962 | 41.9% | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 41.7% | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 41.5% | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 41.4% | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 41.2% | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 41.2% | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 41.1% | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 41.0% | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 41.0% | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 40.9% | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 40.9% | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 40.8% | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 40.8% | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 40.7% | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 40.6% | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 40.6% | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 40.5% | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 40.4% | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 40.3% | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 40.1% | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 39.9% | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 39.8% | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 39.7% | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 39.6% | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 39.5% | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 39.5% | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 39.3% | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 39.2% | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 39.1% | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 39.0% | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 39.0% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 38.1% | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 38.7% | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 36.1% | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 35.4% | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 36.4% | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 36.0% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 35.7% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 37.2% | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 36.2% | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 37.7% | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 37.1% | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 34.8% | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 35.8% | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 34.9% | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 35.4% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 36.0% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 36.5% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 33.9% | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 34.9% | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 34.1% | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 34.7% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 35.1% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 36.1% | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 37.4% | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 35.6% | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 34.6% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 34.3% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 34.1% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 34.9% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 33.0% | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 34.0% | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 42.9% | 42.2% | 43.9% | 10 |
| 1960s | 41.5% | 41.0% | 42.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 40.7% | 40.4% | 41.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 39.7% | 39.2% | 40.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 37.3% | 35.4% | 39.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.2% | 34.8% | 37.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.1% | 33.9% | 37.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.0% | 33.0% | 34.9% | 4 |
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More gender data for Saint Helena
- Sex ratio at birth 105.26 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at age 5 104.76 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at birth vs. at five years old 105.26 males per 100 females (2023)
- Probability of dying that year, among females 0.9% (2023)
- Sex ratio at age 60 88.24 males per 100 females (2023)
- Male population by age group 107 people (2023)
- Female population by age group 98 people (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is probability that a man will outlive a woman in Saint Helena?
- Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Saint Helena was 34.0% 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 Saint Helena?
- The highest recorded value was 43.9% in 1950.
- What is the lowest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Saint Helena?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.0% in 2022.
- How does Saint Helena rank for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Saint Helena ranks 216th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is probability that a man will outlive a woman rising or falling in Saint Helena?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Helena 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.