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

Finland
1.16 years
in 2019
France
1.45 years
in 2018
Finland rank
5th
France rank
2nd

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

  • Finland
  • France
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How they compare

France currently reports 1.45 years against 1.16 years in Finland, a difference of 0.29 years.

That makes France's figure about 1.2 times Finland's.

The two have swapped places 25 times across 141 shared years of data; in 1878 it was Finland ahead.

Finland ranks 5th and France ranks 2nd of 33 countries.

Across the 15 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 2 and France in 13.

Head to head by decade

Decade Finland France Difference Ahead
1870s 0.0454 years 0.0382 years 0.0072 years Finland
1880s 0.0465 years 0.0495 years 0.003 years France
1890s 0.0633 years 0.0496 years 0.0136 years Finland
1900s 0.0639 years 0.064 years 0.0002 years France
1910s 0.0595 years 0.0607 years 0.0012 years France
1920s 0.0618 years 0.0977 years 0.0358 years France
1930s 0.0211 years 0.1432 years 0.1221 years France
1940s 0.0762 years 0.1594 years 0.0832 years France
1950s 0.1248 years 0.3089 years 0.184 years France
1960s 0.1364 years 0.4247 years 0.2884 years France
1970s 0.3533 years 0.5786 years 0.2253 years France
1980s 0.5741 years 0.8429 years 0.2689 years France
1990s 0.7165 years 1.15 years 0.4296 years France
2000s 0.9516 years 1.37 years 0.4207 years France
2010s 1.11 years 1.46 years 0.3524 years France

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?, Finland or France?
France, at 1.45 years against 1.16 years in Finland 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 Finland and France?
0.29 years, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and France?
141 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2018.
How do Finland and France rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Finland ranks 5th and France ranks 2nd 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.