Burundi vs Guinea-Bissau: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
Burundi
63.65 years
in 2023
Guinea-Bissau
64.08 years
in 2023
Burundi rank
215th
Guinea-Bissau rank
212th
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita over time
- Burundi
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 64.08 years against 63.65 years in Burundi, a difference of 0.43 years.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Burundi ahead.
Burundi ranks 215th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 212th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 6 and Guinea-Bissau in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 42.05 years | 36.53 years | 5.53 years | Burundi |
| 1960s | 43.24 years | 36.68 years | 6.56 years | Burundi |
| 1970s | 41.35 years | 40.53 years | 0.8158 years | Burundi |
| 1980s | 46.5 years | 45.09 years | 1.42 years | Burundi |
| 1990s | 44.55 years | 47.92 years | 3.37 years | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 52.31 years | 53.17 years | 0.8604 years | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 59.86 years | 59.69 years | 0.1626 years | Burundi |
| 2020s | 62.8 years | 62.67 years | 0.1296 years | Burundi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy vs. gdp per capita, Burundi or Guinea-Bissau?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 64.08 years against 63.65 years in Burundi as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy vs. gdp per capita between Burundi and Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.43 years, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Guinea-Bissau?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Burundi and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
- Burundi ranks 215th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 212th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.