Equatorial Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Equatorial Guinea
44.5%
in 2023
Sierra Leone
44.8%
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
15th
Sierra Leone rank
12th
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 44.8% against 44.5% in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 15th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th of 236 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 44.1% | 47.2% | 3.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 43.9% | 47.3% | 3.4% | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 43.6% | 46.9% | 3.3% | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 43.7% | 46.8% | 3.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 46.0% | 46.3% | 0.3% | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 46.5% | 47.5% | 1.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 45.5% | 47.2% | 1.7% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 44.4% | 45.1% | 0.7% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Equatorial Guinea or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 44.8% against 44.5% in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone?
- 0.3%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 15th and Sierra Leone ranks 12th 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.