Ireland vs Netherlands: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Ireland
0.8913 years
in 2017
Netherlands
0.9475 years
in 2018
Ireland rank
20th
Netherlands rank
17th
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Ireland
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 0.9475 years against 0.8913 years in Ireland, a difference of 0.0562 years.
That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Ireland's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 68 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 20th and Netherlands ranks 17th of 33 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 2 and Netherlands in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.1963 years | 0.1312 years | 0.0651 years | Ireland |
| 1960s | 0.2707 years | 0.2379 years | 0.0327 years | Ireland |
| 1970s | 0.3544 years | 0.4541 years | 0.0998 years | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 0.5547 years | 0.8587 years | 0.3041 years | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 0.7402 years | 1 years | 0.2608 years | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 0.9395 years | 1.05 years | 0.1136 years | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 0.9793 years | 1.05 years | 0.068 years | Netherlands |
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?, Ireland or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 0.9475 years against 0.8913 years in Ireland 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 Ireland and Netherlands?
- 0.0562 years, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Netherlands?
- 68 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2017.
- How do Ireland and Netherlands rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Ireland ranks 20th and Netherlands ranks 17th 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.