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

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

Where does this data come from?

Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Angola vs Equatorial Guinea: Life expectancy

Angola

64.62 years

in 2023

Equatorial Guinea

63.71 years

in 2023

Angola rank

210th

Equatorial Guinea rank

213th

Life expectancy over time

Angola
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Angola currently reports 64.62 years against 63.71 years in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.91 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Angola ranks 210th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 213th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 3 and Equatorial Guinea in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Angola	Equatorial Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1950s	36.76 years	41.29 years	4.53 years	Equatorial Guinea
1960s	38.03 years	42.52 years	4.5 years	Equatorial Guinea
1970s	40.87 years	39.41 years	1.46 years	Angola
1980s	42.11 years	50.27 years	8.16 years	Equatorial Guinea
1990s	44.42 years	52 years	7.58 years	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	51.35 years	55.59 years	4.23 years	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	60.48 years	60.39 years	0.0915 years	Angola
2020s	63.73 years	62.91 years	0.822 years	Angola

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Angola or Equatorial Guinea?: Angola, at 64.62 years against 63.71 years in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Angola and Equatorial Guinea?: 0.91 years, with Angola ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Equatorial Guinea?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Angola and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for life expectancy?: Angola ranks 210th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 213th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.