Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Equatorial Guinea

Life expectancy at birth in Equatorial Guinea in 2024 — 63.9 years. Ranked 195 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 49.5%.

2024 63.9 years +0.31% vs 2023
World rank 195of 217
Period maximum 63.9 years2024
Period minimum 30.5 years1976

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Equatorial Guinea, 1960–2024304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 42.7 years1962: 43.3 years1964: 43.8 years1966: 44.3 years1968: 44.9 years1970: 31.1 years1972: 44.4 years1974: 41.5 years1976: 30.5 years1978: 42.3 years1980: 48.8 years1982: 49.7 years1984: 50.2 years1986: 50.8 years1988: 51.2 years1990: 51.4 years1992: 51.6 years1994: 51.8 years1996: 52.1 years1998: 52.6 years2000: 53.4 years2002: 54.3 years2004: 55.3 years2006: 56.4 years2008: 57.4 years2010: 58.3 years2012: 59.3 years2014: 60.2 years2016: 61.1 years2018: 61.9 years2020: 62.1 years2022: 63.4 years2024: 63.9 years
Change over the period: +21.2 (+49.52%) Average annual rate: 0.63 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea 63.9 years
World 73.5 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
Middle Africa computed 62.3 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Equatorial Guinea, by year Equatorial Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 63.9 +0.2 +0.31%
2023 63.7 +0.4 +0.56%
2022 63.4 +0.9 +1.45%
2021 62.4 +0.3 +0.49%
2020 62.1 −0.2 −0.25%
2019 62.3 +0.4 +0.62%
2018 61.9 +0.4 +0.71%
2017 61.5 +0.4 +0.65%
2016 61.1 +0.4 +0.74%
2015 60.6 +0.4 +0.68%
2014 60.2 +0.4 +0.74%
2013 59.8 +0.5 +0.81%
2012 59.3 +0.5 +0.81%
2011 58.8 +0.5 +0.83%
2010 58.3 +0.5 +0.8%
2009 57.9 +0.5 +0.87%
2008 57.4 +0.5 +0.93%
2007 56.9 +0.5 +0.89%
2006 56.4 +0.6 +1.05%
2005 55.8 +0.5 +0.83%
2004 55.3 +0.5 +0.94%
2003 54.8 +0.5 +0.86%
2002 54.3 +0.5 +0.92%
2001 53.8 +0.4 +0.81%
2000 53.4 +0.4 +0.74%
1999 53 +0.4 +0.67%
1998 52.6 +0.3 +0.54%
1997 52.4 +0.2 +0.46%
1996 52.1 +0.2 +0.38%
1995 51.9 +0.1 +0.27%
1994 51.8 +0.1 +0.22%
1993 51.7 +0.1 +0.18%
1992 51.6 +0.1 +0.16%
1991 51.5 +0.1 +0.19%
1990 51.4 +0.1 +0.2%
1989 51.3 +0.1 +0.21%
1988 51.2 +0.2 +0.38%
1987 51 +0.1 +0.28%
1986 50.8 +0.2 +0.49%
1985 50.6 +0.4 +0.8%
1984 50.2 +0.1 +0.3%
1983 50 +0.4 +0.77%
1982 49.7 +0.6 +1.14%
1981 49.1 +0.3 +0.67%
1980 48.8 +5.7 +13.35%
1979 43 +0.7 +1.66%
1978 42.3 +0.3 +0.77%
1977 42 +11.5 +37.56%
1976 30.5 −6.8 −18.18%
1975 37.3 −4.2 −10.04%
1974 41.5 −3.2 −7.1%
1973 44.7 +0.2 +0.49%
1972 44.4 +7.2 +19.37%
1971 37.2 +6.1 +19.76%
1970 31.1 +0.1 +0.28%
1969 31 −13.9 −30.88%
1968 44.9 +0.3 +0.58%
1967 44.6 +0.3 +0.59%
1966 44.3 +0.3 +0.6%
1965 44.1 +0.3 +0.6%
1964 43.8 +0.3 +0.61%
1963 43.5 +0.3 +0.61%
1962 43.3 +0.3 +0.62%
1961 43 +0.3 +0.62%
1960 42.7

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates stayed the same as in the year of calculation. It is not a forecast for any individual but a summary measure of the current mortality regime: the indicator falls sharply in years of epidemics and wars and recovers just as fast.

Important: The indicator is highly sensitive to infant mortality: a decline there adds more years than an improvement in the health of the elderly.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.