Equatorial Guinea vs Eswatini: Life expectancy

Equatorial Guinea
63.71 years
in 2023
Eswatini
64.12 years
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
213th
Eswatini rank
211th

Life expectancy over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eswatini
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How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 64.12 years against 63.71 years in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.41 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Eswatini ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 213th and Eswatini ranks 211th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Difference Ahead
1950s 41.29 years 44.73 years 3.44 years Eswatini
1960s 42.52 years 48.34 years 5.81 years Eswatini
1970s 39.41 years 54.19 years 14.77 years Eswatini
1980s 50.27 years 60.36 years 10.09 years Eswatini
1990s 52 years 55.45 years 3.45 years Eswatini
2000s 55.59 years 45.43 years 10.15 years Equatorial Guinea
2010s 60.39 years 54.1 years 6.29 years Equatorial Guinea
2020s 62.91 years 61.31 years 1.6 years Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Equatorial Guinea or Eswatini?
Eswatini, at 64.12 years against 63.71 years in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Equatorial Guinea and Eswatini?
0.41 years, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Eswatini?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Eswatini rank globally for life expectancy?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 213th and Eswatini ranks 211th 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

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.