Iceland vs Latvia: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Iceland
0.6438 years
in 2018
Latvia
0.7058 years
in 2017
Iceland rank
28th
Latvia rank
26th
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Iceland
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 0.7058 years against 0.6438 years in Iceland, a difference of 0.062 years.
That makes Latvia's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Iceland ahead.
Iceland ranks 28th and Latvia ranks 26th of 33 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 6 and Latvia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2958 years | 0.223 years | 0.0729 years | Iceland |
| 1960s | 0.2458 years | 0.2925 years | 0.0467 years | Latvia |
| 1970s | 0.489 years | 0.3324 years | 0.1566 years | Iceland |
| 1980s | 0.7456 years | 0.3481 years | 0.3975 years | Iceland |
| 1990s | 0.7753 years | 0.3729 years | 0.4024 years | Iceland |
| 2000s | 0.9307 years | 0.4416 years | 0.4891 years | Iceland |
| 2010s | 0.989 years | 0.6294 years | 0.3597 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?, Iceland or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 0.7058 years against 0.6438 years in Iceland as of 2017.
- What is the difference in how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? between Iceland and Latvia?
- 0.062 years, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Latvia?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2017.
- How do Iceland and Latvia rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Iceland ranks 28th and Latvia ranks 26th 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.