Finland vs Switzerland: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Finland
1.16 years
in 2019
Switzerland
1.09 years
in 2018
Finland rank
5th
Switzerland rank
8th
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Finland
- Switzerland
How they compare
Finland currently reports 1.16 years against 1.09 years in Switzerland, a difference of 0.07 years.
That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 141 shared years of data; in 1878 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 5th and Switzerland ranks 8th of 33 countries.
Across the 15 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 6 and Switzerland in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0454 years | 0.003 years | 0.0425 years | Finland |
| 1880s | 0.0465 years | 0.0061 years | 0.0405 years | Finland |
| 1890s | 0.0633 years | 0.0122 years | 0.051 years | Finland |
| 1900s | 0.0639 years | 0.022 years | 0.0419 years | Finland |
| 1910s | 0.0595 years | 0.0417 years | 0.0179 years | Finland |
| 1920s | 0.0618 years | 0.052 years | 0.0098 years | Finland |
| 1930s | 0.0211 years | 0.0959 years | 0.0747 years | Switzerland |
| 1940s | 0.0762 years | 0.139 years | 0.0628 years | Switzerland |
| 1950s | 0.1248 years | 0.2033 years | 0.0785 years | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 0.1364 years | 0.2807 years | 0.1444 years | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 0.3533 years | 0.5075 years | 0.1543 years | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 0.5741 years | 0.8078 years | 0.2337 years | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 0.7165 years | 1.03 years | 0.3143 years | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 0.9516 years | 1.11 years | 0.1611 years | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 1.11 years | 1.13 years | 0.0249 years | Switzerland |
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 Switzerland?
- Finland, at 1.16 years against 1.09 years in Switzerland 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 Switzerland?
- 0.07 years, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Switzerland?
- 141 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2018.
- How do Finland and Switzerland rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Finland ranks 5th and Switzerland ranks 8th 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.