Netherlands vs New Zealand: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?

Netherlands
0.9475 years
in 2018
New Zealand
0.9722 years
in 2013
Netherlands rank
17th
New Zealand rank
14th

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

  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.9722 years against 0.9475 years in Netherlands, a difference of 0.0247 years.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1948 it was New Zealand ahead.

Netherlands ranks 17th and New Zealand ranks 14th of 33 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Netherlands averaged higher in 4 and New Zealand in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Netherlands New Zealand Difference Ahead
1940s 0.1018 years 0.2567 years 0.1549 years New Zealand
1950s 0.1312 years 0.2842 years 0.153 years New Zealand
1960s 0.2379 years 0.4048 years 0.1668 years New Zealand
1970s 0.4541 years 0.5667 years 0.1125 years New Zealand
1980s 0.8587 years 0.7581 years 0.1006 years Netherlands
1990s 1 years 0.9494 years 0.0516 years Netherlands
2000s 1.05 years 0.9893 years 0.0638 years Netherlands
2010s 1.08 years 0.898 years 0.179 years Netherlands

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?, Netherlands or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 0.9722 years against 0.9475 years in Netherlands as of 2013.
What is the difference in how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? between Netherlands and New Zealand?
0.0247 years, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and New Zealand?
66 years are reported by both, from 1948 to 2013.
How do Netherlands and New Zealand rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Netherlands ranks 17th and New Zealand ranks 14th 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.