Equatorial Guinea vs Timor-Leste: Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages
Equatorial Guinea
2.98 years
in 2023
Timor-Leste
2.82 years
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
213th
Timor-Leste rank
216th
Sex gap in life expectancy at different ages over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 2.98 years against 2.82 years in Timor-Leste, a difference of 0.16 years.
That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Timor-Leste's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 213th and Timor-Leste ranks 216th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Timor-Leste in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.98 years | 2.12 years | 3.86 years | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1960s | 6.05 years | 2.2 years | 3.84 years | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1970s | 7.04 years | 9.6 years | 2.56 years | Timor-Leste |
| 1980s | 5.1 years | 17.35 years | 12.25 years | Timor-Leste |
| 1990s | 2.61 years | 3.52 years | 0.9162 years | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 1.97 years | 2.61 years | 0.6345 years | Timor-Leste |
| 2010s | 2.47 years | 2.74 years | 0.2695 years | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 3.03 years | 2.9 years | 0.1301 years | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sex gap in life expectancy at different ages, Equatorial Guinea or Timor-Leste?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 2.98 years against 2.82 years in Timor-Leste as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sex gap in life expectancy at different ages between Equatorial Guinea and Timor-Leste?
- 0.16 years, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Timor-Leste?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Timor-Leste rank globally for sex gap in life expectancy at different ages?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 213th and Timor-Leste ranks 216th 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 at different ages. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.