By default the table is sorted by arithmetic mean for 2017-2019.
constituent country or region of England |
2017-2019 | change | 2020-2022 | ||||||
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male | female | sex gap | arith. mean | male | female | sex gap | arith. mean | ||
London region | 80.9 | 84.7 | 3.8 | 82.80 | −1.4 | 79.13 | 83.64 | 4.51 | 81.39 |
South East England | 80.8 | 84.3 | 3.5 | 82.55 | −0.6 | 80.12 | 83.84 | 3.72 | 81.98 |
South West England | 80.4 | 84.1 | 3.7 | 82.25 | −0.3 | 80.04 | 83.94 | 3.90 | 81.99 |
East of England | 80.5 | 83.9 | 3.4 | 82.20 | −0.6 | 79.80 | 83.50 | 3.70 | 81.65 |
England on average | 79.8 | 83.4 | 3.6 | 81.60 | −0.8 | 78.85 | 82.82 | 3.97 | 80.83 |
East Midlands | 79.5 | 82.9 | 3.4 | 81.20 | −0.7 | 78.59 | 82.44 | 3.85 | 80.52 |
West Midlands | 79.0 | 82.9 | 3.9 | 80.95 | −0.8 | 78.05 | 82.20 | 4.15 | 80.12 |
Northern Ireland | 78.8 | 82.6 | 3.8 | 80.70 | −0.4 | 78.42 | 82.25 | 3.83 | 80.33 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 78.8 | 82.5 | 3.7 | 80.65 | −0.8 | 77.88 | 81.85 | 3.97 | 79.86 |
Wales | 78.5 | 82.3 | 3.8 | 80.40 | −0.6 | 77.91 | 81.77 | 3.86 | 79.84 |
North West England | 78.4 | 82.1 | 3.7 | 80.25 | −0.9 | 77.28 | 81.34 | 4.06 | 79.31 |
North East England | 78.0 | 81.8 | 3.8 | 79.90 | −0.7 | 77.16 | 81.18 | 4.02 | 79.17 |
Scotland | 77.2 | 81.1 | 3.9 | 79.15 | −0.5 | 76.52 | 80.73 | 4.21 | 78.62 |
Data source: Office for National Statistics.[1][2] Data for Scotland for 2022-22 are taken from adjacent table of the same agency.[3]
By default the table is sorted by 2018.
code | region | 2017 | 2017 →2018 |
2018 | ||||||
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overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | |||
UK on average | 81.3 | 79.5 | 83.1 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 81.3 | 79.5 | 83.1 | 3.6 | |
UKI3 | Inner London - West | 83.9 | 82.2 | 85.6 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 84.7 | 82.9 | 86.5 | 3.6 |
UKI7 | Outer London - West and North West | 83.7 | 82.0 | 85.4 | 3.4 | −0.3 | 83.4 | 81.4 | 85.3 | 3.9 |
UKJ1 | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire | 82.9 | 81.1 | 84.6 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 83.2 | 81.6 | 84.7 | 3.1 |
UKJ2 | Surrey, East and West Sussex | 82.8 | 81.1 | 84.5 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 82.9 | 81.2 | 84.6 | 3.4 |
UKI6 | Outer London - South | 83.1 | 81.3 | 84.8 | 3.5 | −0.4 | 82.7 | 80.9 | 84.4 | 3.5 |
UKJ3 | Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 82.3 | 80.6 | 84.0 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 82.5 | 80.8 | 84.2 | 3.4 |
UKK2 | Dorset and Somerset | 82.6 | 80.9 | 84.3 | 3.4 | −0.2 | 82.4 | 80.5 | 84.3 | 3.8 |
UKI5 | Outer London - East and North East | 82.3 | 80.2 | 84.3 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 82.4 | 80.4 | 84.2 | 3.8 |
UKK1 | Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area | 82.3 | 80.6 | 84.0 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 82.3 | 80.5 | 84.1 | 3.6 |
UKE2 | North Yorkshire | 82.5 | 80.8 | 84.1 | 3.3 | −0.2 | 82.3 | 80.5 | 84.0 | 3.5 |
UKH1 | East Anglia | 82.4 | 80.6 | 84.1 | 3.5 | −0.1 | 82.3 | 80.4 | 84.2 | 3.8 |
UKH2 | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 82.5 | 80.8 | 84.1 | 3.3 | −0.2 | 82.3 | 80.4 | 84.1 | 3.7 |
UKI4 | Inner London - East | 81.9 | 79.5 | 84.2 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 82.0 | 80.0 | 84.0 | 4.0 |
UKG1 | Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 82.1 | 80.0 | 84.1 | 4.1 | −0.2 | 81.9 | 80.1 | 83.6 | 3.5 |
UKK4 | Devon | 82.0 | 80.3 | 83.7 | 3.4 | −0.1 | 81.9 | 80.0 | 83.7 | 3.7 |
UKD6 | Cheshire | 81.9 | 80.2 | 83.5 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 81.9 | 80.0 | 83.7 | 3.7 |
UKH3 | Essex | 81.7 | 80.2 | 83.2 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 81.8 | 80.3 | 83.3 | 3.0 |
UKD1 | Cumbria | 81.4 | 79.7 | 83.1 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 81.6 | 79.8 | 83.3 | 3.5 |
UKJ4 | Kent | 81.7 | 80.0 | 83.5 | 3.5 | −0.1 | 81.6 | 79.7 | 83.4 | 3.7 |
UKF2 | Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 81.7 | 79.9 | 83.5 | 3.6 | −0.2 | 81.5 | 79.9 | 83.2 | 3.3 |
UKK3 | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 81.7 | 80.0 | 83.4 | 3.4 | −0.3 | 81.4 | 79.5 | 83.2 | 3.7 |
UKL2 | East Wales | 81.2 | 79.2 | 83.1 | 3.9 | −0.2 | 81.0 | 79.1 | 83.0 | 3.9 |
UKF3 | Lincolnshire | 81.1 | 79.6 | 82.7 | 3.1 | −0.1 | 81.0 | 79.0 | 82.9 | 3.9 |
UKF1 | Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 81.0 | 79.3 | 82.7 | 3.4 | −0.1 | 80.9 | 79.3 | 82.6 | 3.3 |
UKG2 | Shropshire and Staffordshire | 81.1 | 79.5 | 82.7 | 3.2 | −0.2 | 80.9 | 79.2 | 82.6 | 3.4 |
UKN0 | Northern Ireland | 80.6 | 78.6 | 82.6 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 80.9 | 79.1 | 82.6 | 3.5 |
UKE1 | East Riding and North Lincolnshire | 80.2 | 78.1 | 82.3 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 80.8 | 79.0 | 82.5 | 3.5 |
UKM5 | North Eastern Scotland | 80.4 | 78.6 | 82.2 | 3.6 | −0.1 | 80.3 | 78.3 | 82.4 | 4.1 |
UKE3 | South Yorkshire | 80.5 | 78.7 | 82.2 | 3.5 | −0.3 | 80.2 | 78.4 | 81.9 | 3.5 |
UKG3 | West Midlands | 80.3 | 78.2 | 82.3 | 4.1 | −0.1 | 80.2 | 78.2 | 82.2 | 4.0 |
UKE4 | West Yorkshire | 80.4 | 78.4 | 82.2 | 3.8 | −0.3 | 80.1 | 78.3 | 82.0 | 3.7 |
UKM6 | Highlands and Islands | 80.4 | 78.6 | 82.3 | 3.7 | −0.4 | 80.0 | 78.4 | 81.7 | 3.3 |
UKD3 | Greater Manchester | 79.7 | 77.9 | 81.5 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 80.0 | 78.3 | 81.8 | 3.5 |
UKL1 | West Wales and the Valleys | 80.2 | 78.3 | 82.2 | 3.9 | −0.2 | 80.0 | 78.0 | 82.0 | 4.0 |
UKD4 | Lancashire | 79.9 | 78.0 | 81.9 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 79.9 | 78.0 | 81.7 | 3.7 |
UKM7 | Eastern Scotland | 79.8 | 77.8 | 81.8 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 79.9 | 78.0 | 81.7 | 3.7 |
UKC2 | Northumberland and Tyne and Wear | 80.2 | 78.3 | 82.1 | 3.8 | −0.3 | 79.9 | 77.8 | 82.0 | 4.2 |
UKC1 | Tees Valley and Durham | 79.8 | 77.9 | 81.6 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 79.8 | 78.0 | 81.6 | 3.6 |
UKD7 | Merseyside | 79.8 | 77.7 | 81.8 | 4.1 | −0.2 | 79.6 | 77.7 | 81.3 | 3.6 |
UKM9 | Southern Scotland | 79.5 | 77.7 | 81.2 | 3.5 | −0.3 | 79.2 | 77.4 | 80.8 | 3.4 |
UKM8 | West Central Scotland | 77.8 | 75.6 | 80.0 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 77.9 | 75.5 | 80.1 | 4.6 |
region | 2019 | 2019 →2021 |
2021 | 2021 →2022 |
2022 | 2019 →2022 | ||||||
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overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | overall | male | female | F Δ M | ||||
United Kingdom on average | 81.73 | 79.93 | 83.47 | 3.54 | −0.99 | 80.74 | 1.42 | 82.16 | 80.44 | 83.83 | 3.39 | 0.43 |
London region | 83.27 | 81.38 | 85.08 | 3.70 | −1.00 | 82.27 | 1.44 | 83.71 | 81.89 | 85.45 | 3.56 | 0.44 |
South East England | 83.03 | 81.36 | 84.64 | 3.28 | −1.00 | 82.03 | 1.44 | 83.47 | 81.88 | 85.00 | 3.12 | 0.44 |
East of England | 82.55 | 80.81 | 84.24 | 3.43 | −0.99 | 81.56 | 1.42 | 82.98 | 81.33 | 84.61 | 3.28 | 0.43 |
South West England | 82.54 | 80.74 | 84.31 | 3.57 | −0.99 | 81.55 | 1.43 | 82.98 | 81.25 | 84.68 | 3.43 | 0.44 |
East Midlands | 81.54 | 79.92 | 83.21 | 3.29 | −0.98 | 80.56 | 1.41 | 81.97 | 80.43 | 83.57 | 3.14 | 0.43 |
Northern Ireland | 81.29 | 79.54 | 82.93 | 3.39 | −0.98 | 80.31 | 1.41 | 81.72 | 80.04 | 83.29 | 3.25 | 0.43 |
West Midlands | 81.17 | 79.35 | 82.97 | 3.62 | −0.97 | 80.20 | 1.40 | 81.60 | 79.85 | 83.32 | 3.47 | 0.43 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 80.96 | 79.21 | 82.69 | 3.48 | −0.97 | 79.99 | 1.40 | 81.39 | 79.71 | 83.05 | 3.34 | 0.43 |
Wales | 80.76 | 78.84 | 82.71 | 3.87 | −0.97 | 79.79 | 1.40 | 81.19 | 79.34 | 83.06 | 3.72 | 0.43 |
North West England | 80.63 | 78.86 | 82.35 | 3.49 | −0.97 | 79.66 | 1.40 | 81.06 | 79.36 | 82.71 | 3.35 | 0.43 |
North East England | 80.24 | 78.32 | 82.15 | 3.83 | −0.96 | 79.28 | 1.38 | 80.66 | 78.82 | 82.51 | 3.69 | 0.42 |
Scotland | 79.64 | 77.68 | 81.48 | 3.80 | −0.96 | 78.68 | 1.38 | 80.06 | 78.17 | 81.84 | 3.67 | 0.42 |
Data source: Global Data Lab[6]