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
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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About this data
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.