Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Guinea
Guinea: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 was 1.28 years in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
1.28 years
Change on year
down 1.9%
World rank
233rd
of 236 countries
All-time high
2.03 years
in 1970
All-time low
0.6467 years
in 2000
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Guinea, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Guinea stood at 1.28 years.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Guinea peaked at 2.03 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.6467 years, in 2000.
Guinea ranks 233rd of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Guinea, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1.78 years | — |
| 1951 | 1.8 years | +0.9% |
| 1952 | 1.83 years | +1.8% |
| 1953 | 1.83 years | -0.2% |
| 1954 | 1.81 years | -1.0% |
| 1955 | 1.78 years | -1.5% |
| 1956 | 1.78 years | -0.3% |
| 1957 | 1.72 years | -3.3% |
| 1958 | 1.73 years | +0.4% |
| 1959 | 1.78 years | +3.3% |
| 1960 | 1.82 years | +1.8% |
| 1961 | 1.85 years | +2.1% |
| 1962 | 1.88 years | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 1.89 years | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 1.9 years | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 1.91 years | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 1.86 years | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 1.99 years | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 2.02 years | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 1.98 years | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 2.03 years | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 2.02 years | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 2.02 years | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 1.87 years | -7.6% |
| 1974 | 1.9 years | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 1.91 years | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 1.88 years | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 1.92 years | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 1.89 years | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 1.87 years | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 1.85 years | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 1.8 years | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 1.72 years | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 1.65 years | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 1.56 years | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 1.51 years | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 1.41 years | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 1.3 years | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 1.2 years | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 1.13 years | -5.8% |
| 1990 | 1.07 years | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 1.14 years | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 1.07 years | -6.1% |
| 1993 | 1.07 years | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1.02 years | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 0.9515 years | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 0.8784 years | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 0.7918 years | -9.9% |
| 1998 | 0.7147 years | -9.7% |
| 1999 | 0.7089 years | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.6467 years | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 0.6951 years | +7.5% |
| 2002 | 0.67 years | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.7385 years | +10.2% |
| 2004 | 0.8258 years | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 0.9309 years | +12.7% |
| 2006 | 1.05 years | +12.6% |
| 2007 | 1.1 years | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 1.19 years | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 1.27 years | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 1.33 years | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 1.38 years | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 1.44 years | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 1.45 years | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1.44 years | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.32 years | -8.0% |
| 2016 | 1.25 years | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 1.33 years | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 1.3 years | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 1.28 years | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 1.73 years | +35.7% |
| 2021 | 1.28 years | -26.2% |
| 2022 | 1.3 years | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 1.28 years | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.78 years | 1.72 years | 1.83 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.91 years | 1.82 years | 2.02 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.93 years | 1.87 years | 2.03 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.51 years | 1.13 years | 1.85 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9411 years | 0.7089 years | 1.14 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9121 years | 0.6467 years | 1.27 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.35 years | 1.25 years | 1.45 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.4 years | 1.28 years | 1.73 years | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Guinea?
- Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Guinea was 1.28 years in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 2.03 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6467 years in 2000.
- How does Guinea rank for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?
- Guinea ranks 233rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.