Equatorial Guinea vs Sweden: Difference in female and male life expectancy at birth

Equatorial Guinea
3.62
in 2023
Sweden
3.66
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
201st
Sweden rank
198th

Difference in female and male life expectancy at birth over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 3.66 against 3.62 in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.04.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 201st and Sweden ranks 198th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 4 and Sweden in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Sweden Difference Ahead
1950s 5.73 3.11 2.63 Equatorial Guinea
1960s 5.79 4.31 1.49 Equatorial Guinea
1970s 6.43 5.74 0.6932 Equatorial Guinea
1980s 5.15 5.97 0.8209 Sweden
1990s 3.23 5.24 2.01 Sweden
2000s 2.73 4.29 1.55 Sweden
2010s 3.16 3.62 0.4612 Sweden
2020s 3.66 3.58 0.0787 Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher difference in female and male life expectancy at birth, Equatorial Guinea or Sweden?
Sweden, at 3.66 against 3.62 in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in difference in female and male life expectancy at birth between Equatorial Guinea and Sweden?
0.04, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Sweden?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Sweden rank globally for difference in female and male life expectancy at birth?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 201st and Sweden ranks 198th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Difference in female and male life expectancy at birth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Difference in female and male life expectancy at birth
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
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