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

Canada
1.07 years
in 2018
Switzerland
1.09 years
in 2018
Canada rank
11th
Switzerland rank
8th

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

  • Canada
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 1.09 years against 1.07 years in Canada, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 98 shared years of data; in 1921 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 11th and Switzerland ranks 8th of 33 countries.

Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 10 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Switzerland Difference Ahead
1920s 0.1229 years 0.0535 years 0.0694 years Canada
1930s 0.1463 years 0.0959 years 0.0504 years Canada
1940s 0.1979 years 0.139 years 0.0589 years Canada
1950s 0.2986 years 0.2033 years 0.0953 years Canada
1960s 0.4441 years 0.2807 years 0.1634 years Canada
1970s 0.7018 years 0.5075 years 0.1943 years Canada
1980s 0.9942 years 0.8078 years 0.1864 years Canada
1990s 1.15 years 1.03 years 0.1149 years Canada
2000s 1.16 years 1.11 years 0.0505 years Canada
2010s 1.15 years 1.13 years 0.0146 years Canada

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?, Canada or Switzerland?
Switzerland, at 1.09 years against 1.07 years in Canada 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 Canada and Switzerland?
0.02 years, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Switzerland?
98 years are reported by both, from 1921 to 2018.
How do Canada and Switzerland rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Canada ranks 11th and Switzerland ranks 8th 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.