Luxembourg vs Portugal: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Luxembourg
1.12 years
in 2019
Portugal
1.15 years
in 2018
Luxembourg rank
7th
Portugal rank
6th
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Luxembourg
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 1.15 years against 1.12 years in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.03 years.
The two have swapped places 25 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Portugal ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 7th and Portugal ranks 6th of 33 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 4 and Portugal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1776 years | 0.2955 years | 0.1179 years | Portugal |
| 1970s | 0.3496 years | 0.3366 years | 0.013 years | Luxembourg |
| 1980s | 0.4866 years | 0.497 years | 0.0103 years | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.7356 years | 0.6499 years | 0.0857 years | Luxembourg |
| 2000s | 0.9783 years | 0.898 years | 0.0803 years | Luxembourg |
| 2010s | 1.14 years | 1.1 years | 0.0365 years | Luxembourg |
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?, Luxembourg or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 1.15 years against 1.12 years in Luxembourg as of 2018.
- What is the difference in how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? between Luxembourg and Portugal?
- 0.03 years, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Portugal?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2018.
- How do Luxembourg and Portugal rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Luxembourg ranks 7th 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.