Latvia vs Slovakia: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Latvia
0.7058 years
in 2017
Slovakia
0.5891 years
in 2017
Latvia rank
26th
Slovakia rank
29th
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Latvia
- Slovakia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 0.7058 years against 0.5891 years in Slovakia, a difference of 0.1167 years.
That makes Latvia's figure about 1.2 times Slovakia's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Latvia ahead.
Latvia ranks 26th and Slovakia ranks 29th of 33 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Latvia averaged higher in 5 and Slovakia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latvia | Slovakia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.223 years | 0.0714 years | 0.1516 years | Latvia |
| 1960s | 0.2925 years | 0.1654 years | 0.1271 years | Latvia |
| 1970s | 0.3324 years | 0.2337 years | 0.0987 years | Latvia |
| 1980s | 0.3481 years | 0.3361 years | 0.012 years | Latvia |
| 1990s | 0.3729 years | 0.393 years | 0.0201 years | Slovakia |
| 2000s | 0.4416 years | 0.4678 years | 0.0262 years | Slovakia |
| 2010s | 0.6294 years | 0.5579 years | 0.0714 years | Latvia |
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?, Latvia or Slovakia?
- Latvia, at 0.7058 years against 0.5891 years in Slovakia 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 Latvia and Slovakia?
- 0.1167 years, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Slovakia?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2017.
- How do Latvia and Slovakia rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Latvia ranks 26th and Slovakia ranks 29th 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.