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

Bulgaria
0.4277 years
in 2017
Ukraine
0.3107 years
in 2013
Bulgaria rank
31st
Ukraine rank
33rd

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

  • Bulgaria
  • Ukraine
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 0.4277 years against 0.3107 years in Ukraine, a difference of 0.117 years.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.4 times Ukraine's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Ukraine ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 31st and Ukraine ranks 33rd of 33 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Ukraine in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Ukraine Difference Ahead
1950s 0.0666 years 0.3452 years 0.2786 years Ukraine
1960s 0.1061 years 0.3887 years 0.2826 years Ukraine
1970s 0.1522 years 0.3832 years 0.231 years Ukraine
1980s 0.212 years 0.3518 years 0.1398 years Ukraine
1990s 0.2386 years 0.2944 years 0.0558 years Ukraine
2000s 0.2817 years 0.2912 years 0.0095 years Ukraine
2010s 0.3421 years 0.3188 years 0.0233 years Bulgaria

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 Ukraine?
Bulgaria, at 0.4277 years against 0.3107 years in Ukraine 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 Ukraine?
0.117 years, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Ukraine?
55 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2013.
How do Bulgaria and Ukraine rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Bulgaria ranks 31st and Ukraine ranks 33rd 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.