Belgium vs Sweden: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Belgium
1.07 years
in 2018
Sweden
1.07 years
in 2019
Belgium rank
12th
Sweden rank
10th
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Belgium
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 1.07 years against 1.07 years in Belgium, a difference of 0 years.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 173 shared years of data; in 1841 it was Sweden ahead.
Belgium ranks 12th and Sweden ranks 10th of 33 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0.0223 years | 0.0391 years | 0.0169 years | Sweden |
| 1850s | 0.0272 years | 0.0351 years | 0.008 years | Sweden |
| 1860s | 0.0281 years | 0.0627 years | 0.0346 years | Sweden |
| 1870s | 0.0259 years | 0.0807 years | 0.0548 years | Sweden |
| 1880s | 0.0403 years | 0.0979 years | 0.0576 years | Sweden |
| 1890s | 0.0454 years | 0.0912 years | 0.0458 years | Sweden |
| 1900s | 0.0576 years | 0.0887 years | 0.0311 years | Sweden |
| 1910s | 0.0591 years | 0.0718 years | 0.0127 years | Sweden |
| 1920s | 0.0896 years | 0.079 years | 0.0107 years | Belgium |
| 1930s | 0.1285 years | 0.0691 years | 0.0594 years | Belgium |
| 1940s | 0.1441 years | 0.0889 years | 0.0552 years | Belgium |
| 1950s | 0.1994 years | 0.1405 years | 0.0589 years | Belgium |
| 1960s | 0.2487 years | 0.2704 years | 0.0218 years | Sweden |
| 1970s | 0.3593 years | 0.5666 years | 0.2073 years | Sweden |
| 1980s | 0.6254 years | 0.824 years | 0.1986 years | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.9541 years | 1 years | 0.0471 years | Sweden |
| 2000s | 1.02 years | 1.05 years | 0.0277 years | Sweden |
| 2010s | 1.07 years | 1.04 years | 0.0243 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 Sweden?
- Sweden, at 1.07 years against 1.07 years in Belgium 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 Belgium and Sweden?
- 0 years, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Sweden?
- 173 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2018.
- How do Belgium and Sweden rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Belgium ranks 12th 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.