Ireland vs Poland: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Ireland
0.8913 years
in 2017
Poland
0.8181 years
in 2018
Ireland rank
20th
Poland rank
21st
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Ireland
- Poland
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 0.8913 years against 0.8181 years in Poland, a difference of 0.0732 years.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Poland's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 20th and Poland ranks 21st of 33 countries.
Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2318 years | 0.2101 years | 0.0217 years | Ireland |
| 1960s | 0.2707 years | 0.2659 years | 0.0048 years | Ireland |
| 1970s | 0.3544 years | 0.3243 years | 0.0301 years | Ireland |
| 1980s | 0.5547 years | 0.3966 years | 0.1581 years | Ireland |
| 1990s | 0.7402 years | 0.4457 years | 0.2945 years | Ireland |
| 2000s | 0.9395 years | 0.6189 years | 0.3206 years | Ireland |
| 2010s | 0.9793 years | 0.7824 years | 0.1969 years | Ireland |
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 Poland?
- Ireland, at 0.8913 years against 0.8181 years in Poland 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 Ireland and Poland?
- 0.0732 years, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Poland?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2017.
- How do Ireland and Poland rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Ireland ranks 20th and Poland ranks 21st 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.