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

Czechia
0.735 years
in 2018
Iceland
0.6438 years
in 2018
Czechia rank
25th
Iceland rank
28th

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

  • Czechia
  • Iceland
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How they compare

Czechia currently reports 0.735 years against 0.6438 years in Iceland, a difference of 0.0912 years.

That makes Czechia's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iceland ahead.

Czechia ranks 25th and Iceland ranks 28th of 33 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Czechia Iceland Difference Ahead
1950s 0.1438 years 0.3412 years 0.1973 years Iceland
1960s 0.2306 years 0.2458 years 0.0152 years Iceland
1970s 0.2827 years 0.489 years 0.2062 years Iceland
1980s 0.328 years 0.7456 years 0.4177 years Iceland
1990s 0.42 years 0.7753 years 0.3554 years Iceland
2000s 0.551 years 0.9307 years 0.3797 years Iceland
2010s 0.6996 years 0.9507 years 0.2511 years Iceland

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?, Czechia or Iceland?
Czechia, at 0.735 years against 0.6438 years in Iceland 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 Czechia and Iceland?
0.0912 years, with Czechia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and Iceland?
69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Czechia and Iceland rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Czechia ranks 25th and Iceland ranks 28th 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.