Life expectancy at birth, female in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Life expectancy at birth, female was 65.89 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, female in Equatorial Guinea, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 65.89 years for life expectancy at birth, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 65.89 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 33.84 years, in 1976.
That places Equatorial Guinea 195th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45.52 years | 34.29 years | 47.82 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 42.76 years | 33.84 years | 47.69 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 52.84 years | 51.77 years | 53.34 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 53.6 years | 53.3 years | 54.39 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 56.95 years | 54.8 years | 59.31 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.04 years | 59.81 years | 64.14 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.08 years | 64.22 years | 65.89 years | 5 |
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More health data for Equatorial Guinea
- 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)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 19,303 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 19,578 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 18,635 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 15,708 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, female in Equatorial Guinea?
- Life expectancy at birth, female in Equatorial Guinea was 65.89 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 65.89 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.84 years in 1976.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 195th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Life expectancy at birth, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.