How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Italy?

140 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2017.

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

Finland

1.16 years

in 2019

Italy

1.2 years

in 2017

Finland rank

5th

Italy rank

4th

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

Finland
Italy

How they compare

Italy currently reports 1.2 years against 1.16 years in Finland, a difference of 0.04 years.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 140 shared years of data; in 1878 it was Finland ahead.

Finland ranks 5th and Italy ranks 4th of 33 countries.

Across the 15 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 6 and Italy in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Finland	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1870s	0.0454 years	-0.0123 years	0.0577 years	Finland
1880s	0.0465 years	-0.0268 years	0.0733 years	Finland
1890s	0.0633 years	0.0035 years	0.0597 years	Finland
1900s	0.0639 years	0.0233 years	0.0406 years	Finland
1910s	0.0595 years	0.0253 years	0.0343 years	Finland
1920s	0.0618 years	0.048 years	0.0138 years	Finland
1930s	0.0211 years	0.0864 years	0.0653 years	Italy
1940s	0.0762 years	0.0808 years	0.0047 years	Italy
1950s	0.1248 years	0.173 years	0.0482 years	Italy
1960s	0.1364 years	0.2478 years	0.1114 years	Italy
1970s	0.3533 years	0.4014 years	0.0481 years	Italy
1980s	0.5741 years	0.6455 years	0.0714 years	Italy
1990s	0.7165 years	0.931 years	0.2145 years	Italy
2000s	0.9516 years	1.18 years	0.2333 years	Italy
2010s	1.11 years	1.26 years	0.1522 years	Italy

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 Italy?: Italy, at 1.2 years against 1.16 years in Finland as of 2017.
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 Italy?: 0.04 years, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Italy?: 140 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2017.
How do Finland and Italy rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??: Finland ranks 5th and Italy ranks 4th 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: 28 August 2026

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.