Which has higher sex ratio in life expectancy, Equatorial Guinea or Sierra Leone?

Equatorial Guinea, at 1.06 against 1.06 in Sierra Leone as of 2023.

What is the difference in sex ratio in life expectancy between Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone?

0, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

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

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 ratio in life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Equatorial Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Sex ratio in life expectancy

Equatorial Guinea

1.06

in 2023

Sierra Leone

1.06

in 2023

Equatorial Guinea rank

167th

Sierra Leone rank

171st

Sex ratio in life expectancy over time

Equatorial Guinea
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 1.06 against 1.06 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 167th and Sierra Leone ranks 171st of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.15	1.1	0.0481	Equatorial Guinea
1960s	1.15	1.08	0.0668	Equatorial Guinea
1970s	1.18	1.08	0.0991	Equatorial Guinea
1980s	1.11	1.08	0.0328	Equatorial Guinea
1990s	1.06	1.09	0.021	Sierra Leone
2000s	1.05	1.04	0.0078	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	1.05	1.04	0.017	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	1.06	1.05	0.0053	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sex ratio in life expectancy, Equatorial Guinea or Sierra Leone?: Equatorial Guinea, at 1.06 against 1.06 in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
What is the difference in sex ratio in life expectancy between Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone?: 0, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for sex ratio in life expectancy?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 167th and Sierra Leone ranks 171st 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 ratio in life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Sex ratio in life expectancy
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

Ratio of period life expectancy (females/males) at a given age.