Australia vs Luxembourg: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Australia
1.08 years
in 2018
Luxembourg
1.12 years
in 2019
Australia rank
9th
Luxembourg rank
7th
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Australia
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Luxembourg currently reports 1.12 years against 1.08 years in Australia, a difference of 0.04 years.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 9th and Luxembourg ranks 7th of 33 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Luxembourg in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4235 years | 0.1776 years | 0.2459 years | Australia |
| 1970s | 0.6014 years | 0.3496 years | 0.2518 years | Australia |
| 1980s | 0.8592 years | 0.4866 years | 0.3726 years | Australia |
| 1990s | 1.05 years | 0.7356 years | 0.3156 years | Australia |
| 2000s | 1.13 years | 0.9783 years | 0.1539 years | Australia |
| 2010s | 1.07 years | 1.14 years | 0.0705 years | Luxembourg |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?, Australia or Luxembourg?
- Luxembourg, at 1.12 years against 1.08 years in Australia as of 2019.
- What is the difference in how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? between Australia and Luxembourg?
- 0.04 years, with Luxembourg ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Luxembourg?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2018.
- How do Australia and Luxembourg rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Australia ranks 9th and Luxembourg ranks 7th of 33 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Zarulli et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data, published as How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The sex gap in life expectancy arises from sex differences in death rates across the lifespan. This indicator shows the number of years that a given age group's death rates have contributed to the overall sex gap in life expectancy.