Life Expectancy at Birth in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Life Expectancy at Birth was 64.25 in 2024. β² Rising
Life Expectancy at Birth in Guinea-Bissau, 1960β2024
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 64.25 for life expectancy at birth 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 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 64.25 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 35.64, in 1963.
That places Guinea-Bissau 192nd out of 216 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 | 36.68 | 35.64 | 38.03 | 10 |
| 1970s | 40.53 | 37.26 | 43.24 | 10 |
| 1980s | 45.09 | 43.57 | 46.61 | 10 |
| 1990s | 47.92 | 46.89 | 48.77 | 10 |
| 2000s | 53.17 | 50.56 | 56.3 | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.69 | 57 | 62.16 | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.99 | 61.34 | 64.25 | 5 |
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More gender data for Guinea-Bissau
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 30,905 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 31,871 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 30,253 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 31,136 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 29,772 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 30,621 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 29,362 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 30,180 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 28,987 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 29,778 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau?
- Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau was 64.25 in 2024, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 64.25 in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.64 in 1963.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for life expectancy at birth?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 192nd out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Life Expectancy at Birth. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gender-disaggregated data on health outcomes.