Gender gap in life expectancy by age group in Latvia

Latvia: Gender gap in life expectancy by age group was 0.7058 in 2017. β–² Rising

Latest (2017)
0.7058
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
26th
of 33 countries
All-time high
0.7058
in 2017
All-time low
0.1288
in 1962
Years of data
59
1959–2017

Gender gap in life expectancy by age group in Latvia, 1959–2017

0.20.40.60.8195919882017

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Latvia recorded 0.7058 for gender gap in life expectancy by age group in 2017. That is the highest value across all 59 years on record.

The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 75.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gender gap in life expectancy by age group in Latvia peaked at 0.7058 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.1288, in 1962.

Latvia ranks 26th of 33 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 59 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 0.223 0.223 0.223 1
1960s 0.2925 0.1288 0.4111 10
1970s 0.3324 0.2863 0.375 10
1980s 0.3481 0.289 0.4213 10
1990s 0.3729 0.3116 0.4219 10
2000s 0.4416 0.3839 0.6192 10
2010s 0.6294 0.5505 0.7058 8

Countries ranked near Latvia

  1. 23 Lithuania 0.7881 compare
  2. 24 United States 0.7738 compare
  3. 25 Czechia 0.735 compare
  4. 27 Belarus 0.666 compare
  5. 28 Iceland 0.6438 compare
  6. 29 Slovak Republic 0.5891 compare

See the full ranking of 33 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is gender gap in life expectancy by age group in Latvia?
Gender gap in life expectancy by age group in Latvia was 0.7058 in 2017, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest gender gap in life expectancy by age group recorded in Latvia?
The highest recorded value was 0.7058 in 2017.
What is the lowest gender gap in life expectancy by age group recorded in Latvia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1288 in 1962.
How does Latvia rank for gender gap in life expectancy by age group?
Latvia ranks 26th out of 33 countries with data for 2017.
Is gender gap in life expectancy by age group rising or falling in Latvia?
Over the last ten years it is up 75.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Latvia data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Gender gap in life expectancy by age group. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Gender gap in life expectancy by age group
Source
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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