Australia vs Sweden: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Australia
1.08 years
in 2018
Sweden
1.07 years
in 2019
Australia rank
9th
Sweden rank
10th
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Australia
- Sweden
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1.08 years against 1.07 years in Sweden, a difference of 0.01 years.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 98 shared years of data; in 1921 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 9th and Sweden ranks 10th of 33 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 10 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0.1545 years | 0.0755 years | 0.0789 years | Australia |
| 1930s | 0.2104 years | 0.0691 years | 0.1413 years | Australia |
| 1940s | 0.2266 years | 0.0889 years | 0.1377 years | Australia |
| 1950s | 0.2963 years | 0.1405 years | 0.1558 years | Australia |
| 1960s | 0.4235 years | 0.2704 years | 0.153 years | Australia |
| 1970s | 0.6014 years | 0.5666 years | 0.0348 years | Australia |
| 1980s | 0.8592 years | 0.824 years | 0.0352 years | Australia |
| 1990s | 1.05 years | 1 years | 0.05 years | Australia |
| 2000s | 1.13 years | 1.05 years | 0.083 years | Australia |
| 2010s | 1.07 years | 1.04 years | 0.0234 years | Australia |
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 Sweden?
- Australia, at 1.08 years against 1.07 years in Sweden as of 2018.
- 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 Sweden?
- 0.01 years, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sweden?
- 98 years are reported by both, from 1921 to 2018.
- How do Australia and Sweden rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Australia ranks 9th and Sweden ranks 10th 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.