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

Finland
1.16 years
in 2019
Luxembourg
1.12 years
in 2019
Finland rank
5th
Luxembourg rank
7th

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

  • Finland
  • Luxembourg
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How they compare

Finland currently reports 1.16 years against 1.12 years in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.04 years.

The two have swapped places 31 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Luxembourg ahead.

Finland ranks 5th and Luxembourg ranks 7th of 33 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 2 and Luxembourg in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Finland Luxembourg Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1364 years 0.1776 years 0.0412 years Luxembourg
1970s 0.3533 years 0.3496 years 0.0037 years Finland
1980s 0.5741 years 0.4866 years 0.0874 years Finland
1990s 0.7165 years 0.7356 years 0.0191 years Luxembourg
2000s 0.9516 years 0.9783 years 0.0268 years Luxembourg
2010s 1.11 years 1.13 years 0.0201 years Luxembourg

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 Luxembourg?
Finland, at 1.16 years against 1.12 years in Luxembourg as of 2019.
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 Luxembourg?
0.04 years, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Luxembourg?
60 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2019.
How do Finland and Luxembourg rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Finland ranks 5th and Luxembourg ranks 7th 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.