Healthy life expectancy in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Healthy life expectancy was 53.26 Years in 2021. ▲ Rising
Healthy life expectancy in Equatorial Guinea, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in Years.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 53.26 Years for healthy life expectancy in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, healthy life expectancy in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 53.26 Years in 2021 and was at its lowest, 46.6 Years, in 2000.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 168th of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49.1 Years | 46.6 Years | 51.82 Years | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.7 Years | 51.86 Years | 53.24 Years | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.05 Years | 52.85 Years | 53.26 Years | 2 |
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More health data for Equatorial Guinea
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 863.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 843 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 18,920 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 20,652 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 20,948 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 19,983 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 362,847 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 20,266 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is healthy life expectancy in Equatorial Guinea?
- Healthy life expectancy in Equatorial Guinea was 53.26 Years in 2021, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest healthy life expectancy recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 53.26 Years in 2021.
- What is the lowest healthy life expectancy recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.6 Years in 2000.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for healthy life expectancy?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 168th out of 185 countries with data for 2021.
- Is healthy life expectancy rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Healthy life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The estimated average number of years lived free from disability or disease burden. This is based on period life expectancy, after adjusting for the number of years lived in less than "full health" due to disease and/or injury.