What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Bahrain and United States of America?

0.14 years, with Bahrain ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and United States of America?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bahrain vs United States of America: Life expectancy by sex

Bahrain

81.99 years

in 2023

United States of America

81.85 years

in 2023

Bahrain rank

60th

United States of America rank

63rd

Life expectancy by sex over time

Bahrain
United States of America

How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 81.99 years against 81.85 years in United States of America, a difference of 0.14 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United States of America ahead.

Bahrain ranks 60th and United States of America ranks 63rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 1 and United States of America in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahrain	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
1950s	44.91 years	72.31 years	27.4 years	United States of America
1960s	59.24 years	73.86 years	14.62 years	United States of America
1970s	69.31 years	76.1 years	6.79 years	United States of America
1980s	73.03 years	78.13 years	5.09 years	United States of America
1990s	74.46 years	79.14 years	4.69 years	United States of America
2000s	77.52 years	80.07 years	2.55 years	United States of America
2010s	81 years	81.21 years	0.2133 years	United States of America
2020s	80.9 years	80.47 years	0.4287 years	Bahrain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Bahrain or United States of America?: Bahrain, at 81.99 years against 81.85 years in United States of America as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Bahrain and United States of America?: 0.14 years, with Bahrain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and United States of America?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bahrain and United States of America rank globally for life expectancy by sex?: Bahrain ranks 60th and United States of America ranks 63rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Life expectancy by sex
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Period life expectancy at birth among females, in a given year.