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

Portugal
1.15 years
in 2018
Switzerland
1.09 years
in 2018
Portugal rank
6th
Switzerland rank
8th

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

  • Portugal
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 1.15 years against 1.09 years in Switzerland, a difference of 0.06 years.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 79 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 6th and Switzerland ranks 8th of 33 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 3 and Switzerland in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Portugal Switzerland Difference Ahead
1940s 0.1873 years 0.139 years 0.0483 years Portugal
1950s 0.2544 years 0.2033 years 0.051 years Portugal
1960s 0.2955 years 0.2807 years 0.0147 years Portugal
1970s 0.3366 years 0.5075 years 0.1709 years Switzerland
1980s 0.497 years 0.8078 years 0.3108 years Switzerland
1990s 0.6499 years 1.03 years 0.3809 years Switzerland
2000s 0.898 years 1.11 years 0.2147 years Switzerland
2010s 1.1 years 1.13 years 0.0348 years Switzerland

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?, Portugal or Switzerland?
Portugal, at 1.15 years against 1.09 years in Switzerland 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 Portugal and Switzerland?
0.06 years, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Switzerland?
79 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2018.
How do Portugal and Switzerland rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Portugal ranks 6th 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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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.