Denmark vs Netherlands: Gender gap in life expectancy by age group
Denmark
0.9677
in 2019
Netherlands
0.9475
in 2018
Denmark rank
15th
Netherlands rank
17th
Gender gap in life expectancy by age group over time
- Denmark
- Netherlands
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 0.9677 against 0.9475 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.0202.
The two have swapped places 30 times across 169 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Denmark ahead.
Denmark ranks 15th and Netherlands ranks 17th of 33 countries.
Across the 17 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 8 and Netherlands in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0466 | 0.0145 | 0.0321 | Denmark |
| 1860s | 0.0644 | 0.0124 | 0.052 | Denmark |
| 1870s | 0.0552 | 0.0183 | 0.0369 | Denmark |
| 1880s | 0.0793 | 0.0235 | 0.0558 | Denmark |
| 1890s | 0.0778 | 0.0367 | 0.0411 | Denmark |
| 1900s | 0.1006 | 0.0495 | 0.051 | Denmark |
| 1910s | 0.0713 | 0.0536 | 0.0177 | Denmark |
| 1920s | 0.0539 | 0.0736 | 0.0197 | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 0.046 | 0.0729 | 0.0268 | Netherlands |
| 1940s | 0.0732 | 0.0935 | 0.0203 | Netherlands |
| 1950s | 0.1089 | 0.1312 | 0.0223 | Netherlands |
| 1960s | 0.2337 | 0.2379 | 0.0043 | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 0.4959 | 0.4541 | 0.0418 | Denmark |
| 1980s | 0.6884 | 0.8587 | 0.1703 | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 0.7923 | 1 | 0.2087 | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 0.8926 | 1.05 | 0.1605 | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 0.9701 | 1.04 | 0.0661 | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gender gap in life expectancy by age group, Denmark or Netherlands?
- Denmark, at 0.9677 against 0.9475 in Netherlands as of 2019.
- What is the difference in gender gap in life expectancy by age group between Denmark and Netherlands?
- 0.0202, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Netherlands?
- 169 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2018.
- How do Denmark and Netherlands rank globally for gender gap in life expectancy by age group?
- Denmark ranks 15th and Netherlands ranks 17th of 33 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Our World in Data, published as Gender gap in life expectancy by age group. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.