Gender Disparities in Mortality & Social Outcomes

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

Chart series:
Male values
Female values
Gap meaning:
Men worse
Women worse
No meaningful gap

Key Gender Disparities

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Visual Analysis

💡 Visualizing: 7 indicators across 5 countries
Sex values
MaleFemale
Gap meaning
Men worseWomen worseNo meaningful gap

Country Comparison

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

Comparison Chart

Comparing 7 indicators across all countries

Life-expectancy gap

Gap = female - male life expectancy

♂ worse
Largest gap globally:Japan+6 years

Men live 6.0 years fewer

#1Japan
81.1 years
87.1 years
+6 years
#2United States
75.8 years
81.1 years
+5.3 years
#3Germany
78.2 years
83.0 years
+4.8 years
#4Canada
79.5 years
83.9 years
+4.4 years
#5United Kingdom
79.4 years
83.2 years
+3.8 years

Adult mortality gap

Gap = male - female adult mortality rate

♂ worse
Largest gap globally:United States+64.5 per 1,000 adults

64.5 more male adult deaths per 1,000 adults

#1United States
146.9
82.4
+64.5 per 1,000 adults
#2Canada
95.5
54.9
+40.6 per 1,000 adults
#3Germany
85.0
46.2
+38.8 per 1,000 adults
#4United Kingdom
90.7
56.4
+34.3 per 1,000 adults
#5Japan
65.7
36.7
+29 per 1,000 adults

Suicide mortality gap

Gap = male - female suicide rate

♂ worse
Largest gap globally:United States+18.2 per 100k

18.2 extra male suicides per 100k

#1United States
24.7 per 100k
6.5 per 100k
+18.2 per 100k
#2Japan
23.6 per 100k
11.5 per 100k
+12.1 per 100k
#3Germany
18.4 per 100k
7.6 per 100k
+10.8 per 100k
#4United Kingdom
14.7 per 100k
4.6 per 100k
+10.1 per 100k
#5Canada
14.2 per 100k
4.8 per 100k
+9.4 per 100k

Unemployment gap

Gap = male - female unemployment rate

♂ worse
Largest gap globally:United Kingdom+0.7 pp

0.7 more male unemployment percentage-points

#1United Kingdom
5.1pp
4.4pp
+0.7 pp
#2Germany
4.0pp
3.4pp
+0.6 pp
#3Canada
7.2pp
6.6pp
+0.6 pp
#4Japan
2.6pp
2.3pp
+0.3 pp
#5United States
4.2pp
4.2pp
0 pp

Workplace-fatality gap

Gap = male - female workplace fatality rate

♂ worse
Largest gap globally:United States+5 per 100k

Men die 5.0 more per 100k workers

#1United States
5.7 per 100k
0.7 per 100k
+5 per 100k
#2Canada
3.5 per 100k
0.3 per 100k
+3.2 per 100k
#3United Kingdom
1.4 per 100k
0.1 per 100k
+1.3 per 100k
#4Germany
1.2 per 100k
0.1 per 100k
+1.1 per 100k

Homicide-victimisation gap

Gap = male - female homicide victimisation rate

♂ worse
Largest gap globally:United States+6.3 per 100k

Men are murdered 6.3 more per 100k

#1United States
8.9 per 100k
2.6 per 100k
+6.3 per 100k
#2Canada
2.9 per 100k
1.0 per 100k
+1.9 per 100k
#3United Kingdom
1.6 per 100k
0.7 per 100k
+0.9 per 100k
#4Germany
0.9 per 100k
0.9 per 100k
0 per 100k
#5Japan
0.2 per 100k
0.2 per 100k
0 per 100k

Tertiary enrollment gap

Gap = female - male tertiary enrollment rate (% gross)

♂ worse
Largest gap globally:United States+30.4 pp

Men trail by 30.4 percentage-points in tertiary enrollment

#1United States
64.5pp
94.9pp
+30.4 pp
#2United Kingdom
67.9pp
93.7pp
+25.8 pp
#3Canada
64.8pp
88.6pp
+23.8 pp
#4Germany
75.2pp
82.2pp
+7 pp
#5Japan
65.5pp
64.2pp
-1.3 pp

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Last updated: 3/21/2026