Poland vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?

Poland
0.8181 years
in 2018
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
0.8133 years
in 2018
Poland rank
21st
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
22nd

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

  • Poland
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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How they compare

Poland currently reports 0.8181 years against 0.8133 years in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a difference of 0.0048 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1958 it was United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.

Poland ranks 21st and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 22nd of 33 countries.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Poland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1950s 0.2101 years 0.3689 years 0.1588 years United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1960s 0.2659 years 0.4303 years 0.1645 years United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1970s 0.3243 years 0.5517 years 0.2274 years United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1980s 0.3966 years 0.7509 years 0.3543 years United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1990s 0.4457 years 0.8692 years 0.4235 years United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2000s 0.6189 years 0.8817 years 0.2628 years United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2010s 0.7864 years 0.8543 years 0.068 years United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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?, Poland or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Poland, at 0.8181 years against 0.8133 years in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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 Poland and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
0.0048 years, with Poland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
61 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2018.
How do Poland and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Poland ranks 21st and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 22nd 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.