Burundi vs Equatorial Guinea: Life expectancy
Burundi
63.65 years
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea
63.71 years
in 2023
Burundi rank
215th
Equatorial Guinea rank
213th
Life expectancy over time
- Burundi
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 63.71 years against 63.65 years in Burundi, a difference of 0.06 years.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Burundi ahead.
Burundi ranks 215th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 213th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 3 and Equatorial Guinea in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 42.05 years | 41.29 years | 0.7679 years | Burundi |
| 1960s | 43.24 years | 42.52 years | 0.7167 years | Burundi |
| 1970s | 41.35 years | 39.41 years | 1.93 years | Burundi |
| 1980s | 46.5 years | 50.27 years | 3.77 years | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1990s | 44.55 years | 52 years | 7.45 years | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 52.31 years | 55.59 years | 3.28 years | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 59.86 years | 60.39 years | 0.5329 years | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 62.8 years | 62.91 years | 0.1114 years | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy, Burundi or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 63.71 years against 63.65 years in Burundi as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy between Burundi and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.06 years, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Equatorial Guinea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Burundi and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for life expectancy?
- Burundi ranks 215th 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
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.