Luxembourg vs Switzerland: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?
Luxembourg
1.12 years
in 2019
Switzerland
1.09 years
in 2018
Luxembourg rank
7th
Switzerland rank
8th
How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? over time
- Luxembourg
- Switzerland
How they compare
Luxembourg currently reports 1.12 years against 1.09 years in Switzerland, a difference of 0.03 years.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Switzerland ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 7th and Switzerland ranks 8th of 33 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 1 and Switzerland in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1776 years | 0.2807 years | 0.1031 years | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 0.3496 years | 0.5075 years | 0.1579 years | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 0.4866 years | 0.8078 years | 0.3211 years | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 0.7356 years | 1.03 years | 0.2953 years | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 0.9783 years | 1.11 years | 0.1344 years | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 1.14 years | 1.13 years | 0.0017 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 Switzerland?
- Luxembourg, at 1.12 years against 1.09 years in Switzerland 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 Luxembourg and Switzerland?
- 0.03 years, with Luxembourg ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Switzerland?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2018.
- How do Luxembourg and Switzerland rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
- Luxembourg ranks 7th and Switzerland ranks 8th 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.