Bulgaria vs Russian Federation: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?

Bulgaria
0.4277 years
in 2017
Russian Federation
0.3897 years
in 2014
Bulgaria rank
31st
Russian Federation rank
32nd

How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Russian Federation
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 0.4277 years against 0.3897 years in Russian Federation, a difference of 0.038 years.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Russian Federation's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Russian Federation ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 31st and Russian Federation ranks 32nd of 33 countries.

Russian Federation has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Russian Federation Difference Ahead
1950s 0.0666 years 0.2961 years 0.2295 years Russian Federation
1960s 0.1061 years 0.3548 years 0.2487 years Russian Federation
1970s 0.1522 years 0.3751 years 0.2229 years Russian Federation
1980s 0.212 years 0.3663 years 0.1543 years Russian Federation
1990s 0.2386 years 0.3263 years 0.0877 years Russian Federation
2000s 0.2817 years 0.3007 years 0.019 years Russian Federation
2010s 0.3474 years 0.3899 years 0.0424 years Russian Federation

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?, Bulgaria or Russian Federation?
Bulgaria, at 0.4277 years against 0.3897 years in Russian Federation as of 2017.
What is the difference in how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? between Bulgaria and Russian Federation?
0.038 years, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Russian Federation?
56 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2014.
How do Bulgaria and Russian Federation rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Bulgaria ranks 31st and Russian Federation ranks 32nd 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
Last refreshed

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.