Italy vs Luxembourg: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?

Italy
1.2 years
in 2017
Luxembourg
1.12 years
in 2019
Italy rank
4th
Luxembourg rank
7th

How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time

  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 1.2 years against 1.12 years in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.08 years.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Luxembourg's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 4th and Luxembourg ranks 7th of 33 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Luxembourg Difference Ahead
1960s 0.2478 years 0.1776 years 0.0702 years Italy
1970s 0.4014 years 0.3496 years 0.0518 years Italy
1980s 0.6455 years 0.4866 years 0.1588 years Italy
1990s 0.931 years 0.7356 years 0.1954 years Italy
2000s 1.18 years 0.9783 years 0.2066 years Italy
2010s 1.26 years 1.12 years 0.1351 years Italy

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 Luxembourg?
Italy, at 1.2 years against 1.12 years in Luxembourg 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 Italy and Luxembourg?
0.08 years, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Luxembourg?
58 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2017.
How do Italy and Luxembourg rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Italy ranks 4th and Luxembourg ranks 7th 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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Indicator
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Unit
years
Source
Zarulli et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
33 places, 3,442 data points, 1751–2019
Last refreshed

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.