What is the difference in life expectancy versus lifespan inequality between Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau?

0.0004, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.

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

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

Where does this data come from?

Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau: Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality

Equatorial Guinea

0.1836

in 2023

Guinea-Bissau

0.184

in 2023

Equatorial Guinea rank

22nd

Guinea-Bissau rank

21st

Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality over time

Equatorial Guinea
Guinea-Bissau

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.184 against 0.1836 in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.0004.

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

Equatorial Guinea ranks 22nd and Guinea-Bissau ranks 21st of 236 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Guinea-Bissau	Difference	Ahead
1950s	0.4197	0.4761	0.0564	Guinea-Bissau
1960s	0.402	0.4533	0.0514	Guinea-Bissau
1970s	0.4159	0.4204	0.0045	Guinea-Bissau
1980s	0.3253	0.3838	0.0584	Guinea-Bissau
1990s	0.306	0.3437	0.0377	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	0.268	0.2858	0.0178	Guinea-Bissau
2010s	0.2184	0.2223	0.0039	Guinea-Bissau
2020s	0.1898	0.1909	0.0011	Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy versus lifespan inequality, Equatorial Guinea or Guinea-Bissau?: Guinea-Bissau, at 0.184 against 0.1836 in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy versus lifespan inequality between Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau?: 0.0004, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for life expectancy versus lifespan inequality?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 22nd and Guinea-Bissau ranks 21st of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.