Life expectancy at birth, total in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Life expectancy at birth, total was 63.91 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Equatorial Guinea, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, total in Equatorial Guinea is 63.91 years, measured 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 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 63.91 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.54 years, in 1976.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 193rd of 215 countries on this measure, 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 | 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 | 63.11 years | 62.14 years | 63.91 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, total in Equatorial Guinea?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Equatorial Guinea was 63.91 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 63.91 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.54 years in 1976.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 193rd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. 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), published as part of Life expectancy at birth, total (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.