Life expectancy at age 60, male (years) in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Life expectancy at age 60, male (years) was 22.29 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 60, male in Equatorial Guinea, 1960–2024
Source: 2022 World Population Prospects, United Nations Population Division: Retrieved August 31, 2023. Measured in years.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 22.29 years for life expectancy at age 60, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 41.0% on the previous year and up 45.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 60, male in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 22.29 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.68 years, in 1976.
That places Equatorial Guinea 46th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Life expectancy at age 60, male (years) in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 13.49 years | — |
| 1961 | 13.52 years | +0.2% |
| 1962 | 13.55 years | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 13.58 years | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 13.6 years | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 13.63 years | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 13.66 years | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 13.69 years | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 13.71 years | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 11.83 years | -13.8% |
| 1970 | 11.83 years | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 12.75 years | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 13.65 years | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 13.67 years | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 13.27 years | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 12.71 years | -4.2% |
| 1976 | 11.68 years | -8.1% |
| 1977 | 13.29 years | +13.8% |
| 1978 | 13.32 years | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 12.69 years | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 14.04 years | +10.6% |
| 1981 | 14.11 years | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 14.11 years | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 14.15 years | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 14.17 years | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 14.24 years | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 14.27 years | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 14.29 years | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 14.33 years | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 14.36 years | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 14.38 years | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 14.41 years | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 14.45 years | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 14.46 years | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 14.48 years | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 14.5 years | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 14.51 years | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 14.56 years | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 14.59 years | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 14.63 years | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 14.67 years | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 14.71 years | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 14.79 years | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 14.81 years | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 14.88 years | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 14.92 years | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 14.97 years | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 15.01 years | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 15.06 years | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 15.13 years | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 15.17 years | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 15.22 years | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 15.28 years | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 15.33 years | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 15.37 years | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 15.41 years | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 15.47 years | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 15.49 years | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 15.56 years | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 15.6 years | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 14.79 years | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 15.35 years | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 15.76 years | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 15.8 years | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 22.29 years | +41.0% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 22.29 years is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18.53 years, 1.2× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 22.29 years is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18.25 years, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Life expectancy at age 60, male (years) in Equatorial Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +41.0% | 15.8 years | 22.29 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.42 years | 11.83 years | 13.71 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 12.89 years | 11.68 years | 13.67 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 14.21 years | 14.04 years | 14.36 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.5 years | 14.38 years | 14.63 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.89 years | 14.67 years | 15.13 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.39 years | 15.17 years | 15.6 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.8 years | 14.79 years | 22.29 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More gender data for Equatorial Guinea
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 776.54 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 1.41 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 1,394 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 1,394 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.65 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 27,111 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 27,774 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 26,090 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 26,693 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 25,351 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 60, male in Equatorial Guinea?
- Life expectancy at age 60, male in Equatorial Guinea was 22.29 years in 2024, according to 2022 World Population Prospects, United Nations Population Division: Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- What is the highest life expectancy at age 60, male recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 22.29 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 60, male recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.68 years in 1976.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for life expectancy at age 60, male?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 46th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at age 60, male rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from 2022 World Population Prospects, United Nations Population Division: Retrieved August 31, 2023, published as part of Life expectancy at age 60, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Life expectancy at age 60, male is the average number of years that a male at age 60 would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of age 60 were to stay the same throughout his life.