Belgium vs New Zealand: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Belgium
1.07 years
in 2018
New Zealand
0.9722 years
in 2013
Belgium rank
12th
New Zealand rank
14th
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Belgium
- New Zealand
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 1.07 years against 0.9722 years in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0978 years.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1948 it was New Zealand ahead.
Belgium ranks 12th and New Zealand ranks 14th of 33 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 3 and New Zealand in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.1546 years | 0.2567 years | 0.102 years | New Zealand |
| 1950s | 0.1994 years | 0.2842 years | 0.0848 years | New Zealand |
| 1960s | 0.2487 years | 0.4048 years | 0.1561 years | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 0.3593 years | 0.5667 years | 0.2074 years | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 0.6254 years | 0.7581 years | 0.1327 years | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 0.9541 years | 0.9494 years | 0.0048 years | Belgium |
| 2000s | 1.02 years | 0.9893 years | 0.0322 years | Belgium |
| 2010s | 1.07 years | 0.898 years | 0.17 years | Belgium |
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?, Belgium or New Zealand?
- Belgium, at 1.07 years against 0.9722 years in New Zealand 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 Belgium and New Zealand?
- 0.0978 years, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and New Zealand?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1948 to 2013.
- How do Belgium and New Zealand rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Belgium ranks 12th and New Zealand ranks 14th 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.