What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men between Italy and Switzerland?

0.0002, with Switzerland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Switzerland?

148 years are reported by both, from 1876 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Italy vs Switzerland: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men

Italy

0.0819

in 2023

Switzerland

0.0821

in 2023

Italy rank

223rd

Switzerland rank

222nd

Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men over time

Italy
Switzerland

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 0.0821 against 0.0819 in Italy, a difference of 0.0002.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 148 shared years of data; in 1876 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 223rd and Switzerland ranks 222nd of 236 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Switzerland	Difference	Ahead
1870s	0.5141	0.435	0.0791	Italy
1880s	0.5015	0.389	0.1126	Italy
1890s	0.4456	0.358	0.0876	Italy
1900s	0.4093	0.3229	0.0864	Italy
1910s	0.423	0.2823	0.1408	Italy
1920s	0.3393	0.2299	0.1094	Italy
1930s	0.2892	0.2023	0.0869	Italy
1940s	0.2929	0.1795	0.1133	Italy
1950s	0.1797	0.147	0.0327	Italy
1960s	0.1546	0.1332	0.0215	Italy
1970s	0.133	0.1226	0.0104	Italy
1980s	0.116	0.1142	0.0018	Italy
1990s	0.1084	0.1073	0.0011	Italy
2000s	0.0951	0.0949	0.0002	Italy
2010s	0.0862	0.0856	0.0006	Italy
2020s	0.0861	0.0836	0.0025	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men, Italy or Switzerland?: Switzerland, at 0.0821 against 0.0819 in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men between Italy and Switzerland?: 0.0002, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Switzerland?: 148 years are reported by both, from 1876 to 2023.
How do Italy and Switzerland rank globally for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?: Italy ranks 223rd and Switzerland ranks 222nd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.