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
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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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Indicator
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Unit
years
Source
Zarulli et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
33 places, 3,442 data points, 1751–2019
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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.