Norway vs Sweden: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?

Norway
1.04 years
in 2018
Sweden
1.07 years
in 2019
Norway rank
13th
Sweden rank
10th

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

  • Norway
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 1.07 years against 1.04 years in Norway, a difference of 0.03 years.

The two have swapped places 49 times across 173 shared years of data; in 1846 it was Norway ahead.

Norway ranks 13th and Sweden ranks 10th of 33 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 13 and Sweden in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Norway Sweden Difference Ahead
1840s 0.0384 years 0.0331 years 0.0053 years Norway
1850s 0.077 years 0.0351 years 0.0418 years Norway
1860s 0.0865 years 0.0627 years 0.0238 years Norway
1870s 0.0706 years 0.0807 years 0.01 years Sweden
1880s 0.0863 years 0.0979 years 0.0116 years Sweden
1890s 0.1021 years 0.0912 years 0.0109 years Norway
1900s 0.1028 years 0.0887 years 0.0141 years Norway
1910s 0.1179 years 0.0833 years 0.0346 years Norway
1920s 0.1226 years 0.079 years 0.0437 years Norway
1930s 0.1383 years 0.0691 years 0.0692 years Norway
1940s 0.1475 years 0.0889 years 0.0586 years Norway
1950s 0.1575 years 0.1405 years 0.017 years Norway
1960s 0.2723 years 0.2704 years 0.0018 years Norway
1970s 0.449 years 0.5666 years 0.1176 years Sweden
1980s 0.7388 years 0.824 years 0.0852 years Sweden
1990s 0.9431 years 1 years 0.0581 years Sweden
2000s 1.1 years 1.05 years 0.0533 years Norway
2010s 1.1 years 1.04 years 0.0599 years Norway

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?, Norway or Sweden?
Sweden, at 1.07 years against 1.04 years in Norway 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 Norway and Sweden?
0.03 years, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Sweden?
173 years are reported by both, from 1846 to 2018.
How do Norway and Sweden rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Norway ranks 13th and Sweden ranks 10th 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
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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.