Russian Federation vs Slovakia: How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy?

Russian Federation
0.3897 years
in 2014
Slovakia
0.5891 years
in 2017
Russian Federation rank
32nd
Slovakia rank
29th

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

  • Russian Federation
  • Slovakia
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How they compare

Slovakia currently reports 0.5891 years against 0.3897 years in Russian Federation, a difference of 0.1994 years.

That makes Slovakia's figure about 1.5 times Russian Federation's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Russian Federation ahead.

Russian Federation ranks 32nd and Slovakia ranks 29th of 33 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Russian Federation averaged higher in 4 and Slovakia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Russian Federation Slovakia Difference Ahead
1950s 0.2961 years 0.0714 years 0.2247 years Russian Federation
1960s 0.3548 years 0.1654 years 0.1894 years Russian Federation
1970s 0.3751 years 0.2337 years 0.1414 years Russian Federation
1980s 0.3663 years 0.3361 years 0.0302 years Russian Federation
1990s 0.3263 years 0.393 years 0.0668 years Slovakia
2000s 0.3007 years 0.4678 years 0.1671 years Slovakia
2010s 0.3899 years 0.5558 years 0.166 years Slovakia

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?, Russian Federation or Slovakia?
Slovakia, at 0.5891 years against 0.3897 years in Russian Federation as of 2017.
What is the difference in how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? between Russian Federation and Slovakia?
0.1994 years, with Slovakia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Russian Federation and Slovakia?
56 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2014.
How do Russian Federation and Slovakia rank globally for how do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy??
Russian Federation ranks 32nd and Slovakia ranks 29th 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.