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

Finland
1.16 years
in 2019
Portugal
1.15 years
in 2018
Finland rank
5th
Portugal rank
6th

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

  • Finland
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Finland currently reports 1.16 years against 1.15 years in Portugal, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 79 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Portugal ahead.

Finland ranks 5th and Portugal ranks 6th of 33 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 5 and Portugal in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Finland Portugal Difference Ahead
1940s 0.0762 years 0.1873 years 0.1111 years Portugal
1950s 0.1248 years 0.2544 years 0.1295 years Portugal
1960s 0.1364 years 0.2955 years 0.1591 years Portugal
1970s 0.3533 years 0.3366 years 0.0166 years Finland
1980s 0.5741 years 0.497 years 0.0771 years Finland
1990s 0.7165 years 0.6499 years 0.0666 years Finland
2000s 0.9516 years 0.898 years 0.0535 years Finland
2010s 1.11 years 1.1 years 0.0099 years Finland

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 Portugal?
Finland, at 1.16 years against 1.15 years in Portugal 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 Portugal?
0.01 years, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Portugal?
79 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2018.
How do Finland and Portugal rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Finland ranks 5th and Portugal ranks 6th 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.