How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Iraq?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Sex gap in life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Equatorial Guinea vs Iraq: Sex gap in life expectancy

Equatorial Guinea

3.62 years

in 2023

Iraq

3.63 years

in 2023

Equatorial Guinea rank

201st

Iraq rank

200th

Sex gap in life expectancy over time

Equatorial Guinea
Iraq

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 3.63 years against 3.62 years in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iraq ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 201st and Iraq ranks 200th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Iraq in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Iraq	Difference	Ahead
1950s	5.73 years	6.8 years	1.07 years	Iraq
1960s	5.79 years	6.72 years	0.9265 years	Iraq
1970s	6.43 years	6.02 years	0.4123 years	Equatorial Guinea
1980s	5.15 years	14.51 years	9.36 years	Iraq
1990s	3.23 years	6.95 years	3.72 years	Iraq
2000s	2.73 years	6.93 years	4.2 years	Iraq
2010s	3.16 years	4.59 years	1.43 years	Iraq
2020s	3.66 years	4.05 years	0.394 years	Iraq

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy, Equatorial Guinea or Iraq?: Iraq, at 3.63 years against 3.62 years in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy between Equatorial Guinea and Iraq?: 0.01 years, with Iraq ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Iraq?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Iraq rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 201st and Iraq ranks 200th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as 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: Sex gap in life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – 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

Difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.