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

Hungary
0.553 years
in 2017
Iceland
0.6438 years
in 2018
Hungary rank
30th
Iceland rank
28th

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

  • Hungary
  • Iceland
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 0.6438 years against 0.553 years in Hungary, a difference of 0.0908 years.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.2 times Hungary's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 68 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iceland ahead.

Hungary ranks 30th and Iceland ranks 28th of 33 countries.

Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hungary Iceland Difference Ahead
1950s 0.096 years 0.3412 years 0.2452 years Iceland
1960s 0.1797 years 0.2458 years 0.0661 years Iceland
1970s 0.2554 years 0.489 years 0.2336 years Iceland
1980s 0.3089 years 0.7456 years 0.4368 years Iceland
1990s 0.3577 years 0.7753 years 0.4176 years Iceland
2000s 0.484 years 0.9307 years 0.4467 years Iceland
2010s 0.5546 years 0.989 years 0.4344 years Iceland

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?, Hungary or Iceland?
Iceland, at 0.6438 years against 0.553 years in Hungary 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 Hungary and Iceland?
0.0908 years, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and Iceland?
68 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2017.
How do Hungary and Iceland rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Hungary ranks 30th and Iceland ranks 28th 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.