Belgium vs Norway: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Belgium
1.07 years
in 2018
Norway
1.04 years
in 2018
Belgium rank
12th
Norway rank
13th
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Belgium
- Norway
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 1.07 years against 1.04 years in Norway, a difference of 0.03 years.
The two have swapped places 33 times across 168 shared years of data; in 1846 it was Norway ahead.
Belgium ranks 12th and Norway ranks 13th of 33 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 16.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0.0181 years | 0.0384 years | 0.0204 years | Norway |
| 1850s | 0.0272 years | 0.077 years | 0.0498 years | Norway |
| 1860s | 0.0281 years | 0.0865 years | 0.0584 years | Norway |
| 1870s | 0.0259 years | 0.0706 years | 0.0447 years | Norway |
| 1880s | 0.0403 years | 0.0863 years | 0.0459 years | Norway |
| 1890s | 0.0454 years | 0.1021 years | 0.0567 years | Norway |
| 1900s | 0.0576 years | 0.1028 years | 0.0452 years | Norway |
| 1910s | 0.0591 years | 0.1404 years | 0.0813 years | Norway |
| 1920s | 0.0896 years | 0.1226 years | 0.033 years | Norway |
| 1930s | 0.1285 years | 0.1383 years | 0.0098 years | Norway |
| 1940s | 0.1441 years | 0.1475 years | 0.0034 years | Norway |
| 1950s | 0.1994 years | 0.1575 years | 0.0418 years | Belgium |
| 1960s | 0.2487 years | 0.2723 years | 0.0236 years | Norway |
| 1970s | 0.3593 years | 0.449 years | 0.0897 years | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.6254 years | 0.7388 years | 0.1134 years | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.9541 years | 0.9431 years | 0.011 years | Belgium |
| 2000s | 1.02 years | 1.1 years | 0.081 years | Norway |
| 2010s | 1.07 years | 1.1 years | 0.0356 years | Norway |
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 Norway?
- Belgium, at 1.07 years against 1.04 years in Norway 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 Norway?
- 0.03 years, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Norway?
- 168 years are reported by both, from 1846 to 2018.
- How do Belgium and Norway rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Belgium ranks 12th and Norway ranks 13th 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.