France vs Italy: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
France
1.45 years
in 2018
Italy
1.2 years
in 2017
France rank
2nd
Italy rank
4th
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- France
- Italy
How they compare
France currently reports 1.45 years against 1.2 years in Italy, a difference of 0.25 years.
That makes France's figure about 1.2 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 146 shared years of data; in 1872 it was France ahead.
France ranks 2nd and Italy ranks 4th of 33 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 15 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0331 years | -0.0146 years | 0.0477 years | France |
| 1880s | 0.0495 years | -0.0268 years | 0.0763 years | France |
| 1890s | 0.0496 years | 0.0035 years | 0.0461 years | France |
| 1900s | 0.064 years | 0.0233 years | 0.0408 years | France |
| 1910s | 0.0607 years | 0.0253 years | 0.0354 years | France |
| 1920s | 0.0977 years | 0.048 years | 0.0496 years | France |
| 1930s | 0.1432 years | 0.0864 years | 0.0568 years | France |
| 1940s | 0.1594 years | 0.0808 years | 0.0785 years | France |
| 1950s | 0.3089 years | 0.173 years | 0.1358 years | France |
| 1960s | 0.4247 years | 0.2478 years | 0.177 years | France |
| 1970s | 0.5786 years | 0.4014 years | 0.1772 years | France |
| 1980s | 0.8429 years | 0.6455 years | 0.1974 years | France |
| 1990s | 1.15 years | 0.931 years | 0.2151 years | France |
| 2000s | 1.37 years | 1.18 years | 0.1874 years | France |
| 2010s | 1.46 years | 1.26 years | 0.2056 years | France |
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?, France or Italy?
- France, at 1.45 years against 1.2 years in Italy as of 2018.
- What is the difference in how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? between France and Italy?
- 0.25 years, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Italy?
- 146 years are reported by both, from 1872 to 2017.
- How do France and Italy rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- France ranks 2nd 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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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.