Equatorial Guinea vs Liberia: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Equatorial Guinea
49.7 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Liberia
52.77 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
13th
Liberia rank
11th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 52.77 deaths per 1,000 people against 49.7 deaths per 1,000 people in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 3.07 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Liberia's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Liberia ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 13th and Liberia ranks 11th of 236 countries.
Liberia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 168.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 196.51 deaths per 1,000 people | 27.57 deaths per 1,000 people | Liberia |
| 1960s | 157.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 193.5 deaths per 1,000 people | 35.86 deaths per 1,000 people | Liberia |
| 1970s | 148.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 174.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 25.47 deaths per 1,000 people | Liberia |
| 1980s | 124.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 163.99 deaths per 1,000 people | 39.3 deaths per 1,000 people | Liberia |
| 1990s | 111.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 160.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 49 deaths per 1,000 people | Liberia |
| 2000s | 90.97 deaths per 1,000 people | 100.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 9.56 deaths per 1,000 people | Liberia |
| 2010s | 66.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 66.18 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0274 deaths per 1,000 people | Liberia |
| 2020s | 52.35 deaths per 1,000 people | 54.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.6 deaths per 1,000 people | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Equatorial Guinea or Liberia?
- Liberia, at 52.77 deaths per 1,000 people against 49.7 deaths per 1,000 people in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Equatorial Guinea and Liberia?
- 3.07 deaths per 1,000 people, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Liberia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Liberia rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 13th and Liberia ranks 11th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.