Estonia vs New Zealand: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?

Estonia
0.9522 years
in 2019
New Zealand
0.9722 years
in 2013
Estonia rank
16th
New Zealand rank
14th

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

  • Estonia
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.9722 years against 0.9522 years in Estonia, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1959 it was New Zealand ahead.

Estonia ranks 16th and New Zealand ranks 14th of 33 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Estonia New Zealand Difference Ahead
1950s 0.2815 years 0.3426 years 0.0611 years New Zealand
1960s 0.3175 years 0.4048 years 0.0873 years New Zealand
1970s 0.3529 years 0.5667 years 0.2138 years New Zealand
1980s 0.3762 years 0.7581 years 0.3819 years New Zealand
1990s 0.3907 years 0.9494 years 0.5586 years New Zealand
2000s 0.5917 years 0.9893 years 0.3976 years New Zealand
2010s 0.8844 years 0.898 years 0.0136 years New Zealand

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?, Estonia or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 0.9722 years against 0.9522 years in Estonia as of 2013.
What is the difference in how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? between Estonia and New Zealand?
0.02 years, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and New Zealand?
55 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2013.
How do Estonia and New Zealand rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Estonia ranks 16th and New Zealand ranks 14th 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.