France vs Japan: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
France
1.45 years
in 2018
Japan
2.06 years
in 2019
France rank
2nd
Japan rank
1st
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- France
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 2.06 years against 1.45 years in France, a difference of 0.61 years.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.4 times France's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 72 shared years of data; in 1947 it was France ahead.
France ranks 2nd and Japan ranks 1st of 33 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, France averaged higher in 5 and Japan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.2376 years | 0.1188 years | 0.1189 years | France |
| 1950s | 0.3089 years | 0.2023 years | 0.1066 years | France |
| 1960s | 0.4247 years | 0.3053 years | 0.1195 years | France |
| 1970s | 0.5786 years | 0.4459 years | 0.1328 years | France |
| 1980s | 0.8429 years | 0.7644 years | 0.0785 years | France |
| 1990s | 1.15 years | 1.28 years | 0.1336 years | Japan |
| 2000s | 1.37 years | 1.88 years | 0.5051 years | Japan |
| 2010s | 1.46 years | 2.07 years | 0.6108 years | Japan |
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 Japan?
- Japan, at 2.06 years against 1.45 years in France 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 France and Japan?
- 0.61 years, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Japan?
- 72 years are reported by both, from 1947 to 2018.
- How do France and Japan rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- France ranks 2nd and Japan ranks 1st 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.