Life expectancy in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Life expectancy was 63.71 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Equatorial Guinea, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 63.71 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 63.71 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 30.54 years, in 1976.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 213th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 41.29 years | 40.11 years | 42.47 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 42.52 years | 31 years | 44.85 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 39.41 years | 30.54 years | 44.66 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 50.27 years | 48.78 years | 51.29 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 52 years | 51.4 years | 53 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 55.59 years | 53.4 years | 57.88 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.39 years | 58.34 years | 62.3 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.91 years | 62.14 years | 63.71 years | 4 |
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More health data for Equatorial Guinea
- Number of infants who die before age 1 843 deaths (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 863.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- 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 life expectancy in Equatorial Guinea?
- Life expectancy in Equatorial Guinea was 63.71 years in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 63.71 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.54 years in 1976.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for life expectancy?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 213th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The period life expectancy at birth among totals, in a given year.