Italy vs Japan: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Italy
1.2 years
in 2017
Japan
2.06 years
in 2019
Italy rank
4th
Japan rank
1st
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Italy
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 2.06 years against 1.2 years in Italy, a difference of 0.86 years.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.7 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1947 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 4th and Japan ranks 1st of 33 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.1009 years | 0.1188 years | 0.0178 years | Japan |
| 1950s | 0.173 years | 0.2023 years | 0.0292 years | Japan |
| 1960s | 0.2478 years | 0.3053 years | 0.0575 years | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.4014 years | 0.4459 years | 0.0444 years | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.6455 years | 0.7644 years | 0.1189 years | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.931 years | 1.28 years | 0.3486 years | Japan |
| 2000s | 1.18 years | 1.88 years | 0.6924 years | Japan |
| 2010s | 1.26 years | 2.07 years | 0.8139 years | Japan |
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?, Italy or Japan?
- Japan, at 2.06 years against 1.2 years in Italy as of 2019.
- What is the difference in how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? between Italy and Japan?
- 0.86 years, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Japan?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1947 to 2017.
- How do Italy and Japan rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Italy ranks 4th and Japan ranks 1st 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.