Gender Disparities in Mortality & Social Outcomes

Explore how men and women experience different health and social outcomes across countries worldwide.

Red = Worse outcomes for men
Blue = Better outcomes for men

Key Gender Disparities

Click on any indicator below to explore it in detail. The tiles show the global patterns across all countries.

How to Use This Dashboard

1

Select Indicators

Click tiles below to choose which gender gaps to explore. Hover over the ⓘ icons for more context.

2

Choose Countries

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3

View Analysis

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Explore by Country

Select countries to see how they compare across different indicators. All charts and data will update to show your selection.

Country Selection

Visual Analysis

💡 Visualizing: 3 indicators across 5 countries

Country Comparison

Interactive charts showing how your selected countries compare across the indicators you've chosen above.

Comparison Chart

Comparing 3 indicators across all countries

Life-expectancy gap

Gap = female - male life expectancy

♂ worse
Largest gap globally:Japan+6.1 years

Men live 6.1 years fewer

#1Japan
81.5 years
87.6 years
+6.1 years
#2United States
73.5 years
79.1 years
+5.6 years
#3Germany
78.6 years
83.4 years
+4.8 years
#4Canada
79.9 years
84.1 years
+4.2 years
#5United Kingdom
79.3 years
83.0 years
+3.7 years

Suicide mortality gap

Gap = male - female suicide rate

♂ worse
Largest gap globally:United States+16.6 per 100k

16.6 extra male suicides per 100k

#1United States
22.8 per 100k
6.2 per 100k
+16.6 per 100k
#2Canada
17.8 per 100k
5.3 per 100k
+12.5 per 100k
#3Japan
19.9 per 100k
7.5 per 100k
+12.4 per 100k
#4United Kingdom
15.4 per 100k
4.9 per 100k
+10.5 per 100k
#5Germany
15.1 per 100k
4.7 per 100k
+10.4 per 100k

Workplace-fatality gap

Gap = male - female workplace fatality rate

♂ worse
Largest gap globally:United States+9 per 100k

Men die 9.0 more per 100k workers

#1United States
9.8 per 100k
0.8 per 100k
+9 per 100k
#2Canada
3.2 per 100k
0.4 per 100k
+2.8 per 100k
#3Germany
2.1 per 100k
0.3 per 100k
+1.8 per 100k
#4Japan
1.8 per 100k
0.2 per 100k
+1.6 per 100k
#5United Kingdom
1.4 per 100k
0.2 per 100k
+1.2 per 100k

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Last updated: 6/1/2025