Iceland vs Slovakia: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Iceland
0.6438 years
in 2018
Slovakia
0.5891 years
in 2017
Iceland rank
28th
Slovakia rank
29th
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Iceland
- Slovakia
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 0.6438 years against 0.5891 years in Slovakia, a difference of 0.0547 years.
That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Slovakia's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 68 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iceland ahead.
Iceland ranks 28th and Slovakia ranks 29th of 33 countries.
Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Slovakia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.3412 years | 0.1125 years | 0.2286 years | Iceland |
| 1960s | 0.2458 years | 0.1654 years | 0.0804 years | Iceland |
| 1970s | 0.489 years | 0.2337 years | 0.2553 years | Iceland |
| 1980s | 0.7456 years | 0.3361 years | 0.4095 years | Iceland |
| 1990s | 0.7753 years | 0.393 years | 0.3823 years | Iceland |
| 2000s | 0.9307 years | 0.4678 years | 0.4629 years | Iceland |
| 2010s | 0.989 years | 0.5579 years | 0.4311 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 Slovakia?
- Iceland, at 0.6438 years against 0.5891 years in Slovakia 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 Iceland and Slovakia?
- 0.0547 years, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Slovakia?
- 68 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2017.
- How do Iceland and Slovakia rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Iceland ranks 28th and Slovakia ranks 29th 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.