Italy vs Portugal: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Italy
1.2 years
in 2017
Portugal
1.15 years
in 2018
Italy rank
4th
Portugal rank
6th
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Italy
- Portugal
How they compare
Italy currently reports 1.2 years against 1.15 years in Portugal, a difference of 0.05 years.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 78 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Portugal ahead.
Italy ranks 4th and Portugal ranks 6th of 33 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 5 and Portugal in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.0808 years | 0.1873 years | 0.1065 years | Portugal |
| 1950s | 0.173 years | 0.2544 years | 0.0813 years | Portugal |
| 1960s | 0.2478 years | 0.2955 years | 0.0477 years | Portugal |
| 1970s | 0.4014 years | 0.3366 years | 0.0648 years | Italy |
| 1980s | 0.6455 years | 0.497 years | 0.1485 years | Italy |
| 1990s | 0.931 years | 0.6499 years | 0.2811 years | Italy |
| 2000s | 1.18 years | 0.898 years | 0.2869 years | Italy |
| 2010s | 1.26 years | 1.09 years | 0.1648 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 Portugal?
- Italy, at 1.2 years against 1.15 years in Portugal 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 Portugal?
- 0.05 years, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Portugal?
- 78 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2017.
- How do Italy and Portugal rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Italy ranks 4th and Portugal ranks 6th 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.