Afghanistan vs Equatorial Guinea: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Afghanistan
44.4%
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea
44.5%
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
16th
Equatorial Guinea rank
15th
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Afghanistan
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 44.5% against 44.4% in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 16th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 15th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 3 and Equatorial Guinea in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 48.3% | 44.1% | 4.1% | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 48.2% | 43.9% | 4.3% | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 47.7% | 43.6% | 4.1% | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 43.5% | 43.7% | 0.3% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1990s | 45.0% | 46.0% | 1.0% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 45.4% | 46.5% | 1.1% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 43.3% | 45.5% | 2.1% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 42.1% | 44.4% | 2.3% | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Afghanistan or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 44.5% against 44.4% in Afghanistan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Afghanistan and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.1%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Equatorial Guinea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Afghanistan ranks 16th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 15th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.