Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Probability that a man will outlive a woman was 44.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
44.5%
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
15th
of 236 countries
All-time high
46.7%
in 2002
All-time low
40.8%
in 1979
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Equatorial Guinea, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, probability that a man will outlive a woman in Equatorial Guinea stood at 44.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, probability that a man will outlive a woman in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 46.7% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 40.8%, in 1979.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 15th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 44.2% | — |
| 1951 | 44.2% | -0.1% |
| 1952 | 44.2% | -0.0% |
| 1953 | 44.2% | -0.1% |
| 1954 | 44.1% | -0.0% |
| 1955 | 44.1% | -0.1% |
| 1956 | 44.1% | -0.1% |
| 1957 | 44.1% | -0.1% |
| 1958 | 44.0% | -0.0% |
| 1959 | 44.0% | -0.1% |
| 1960 | 44.0% | -0.1% |
| 1961 | 44.0% | -0.1% |
| 1962 | 43.9% | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 43.9% | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 43.9% | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 43.8% | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 43.8% | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 43.7% | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 43.7% | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 44.4% | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 44.3% | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 44.1% | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 43.7% | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 43.6% | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 43.8% | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 44.0% | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 44.2% | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 43.7% | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 43.6% | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 40.8% | -6.4% |
| 1980 | 43.0% | +5.2% |
| 1981 | 43.5% | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 42.8% | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 43.0% | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 43.4% | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 43.7% | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 44.0% | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 44.3% | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 44.6% | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 44.9% | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 45.2% | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 45.4% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 45.7% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 45.8% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 46.0% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 46.2% | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 46.4% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 46.4% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 46.5% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 46.5% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 46.5% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 46.6% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 46.7% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 46.6% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 46.5% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 46.5% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 46.4% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 46.4% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 46.3% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 46.2% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 46.1% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 46.0% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 45.9% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 45.7% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 45.5% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 45.5% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 45.3% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 45.0% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 44.9% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 44.8% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 43.8% | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 44.5% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 44.6% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 44.5% | -0.2% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 44.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 38.4%, 1.2× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 44.5% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 42.6%, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 44.1% | 44.0% | 44.2% | 10 |
| 1960s | 43.9% | 43.7% | 44.4% | 10 |
| 1970s | 43.6% | 40.8% | 44.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 43.7% | 42.8% | 44.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 46.0% | 45.2% | 46.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 46.5% | 46.2% | 46.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.5% | 44.8% | 46.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.4% | 43.8% | 44.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 12 Qatar 44.8% compare
- 12 Sierra Leone 44.8% compare
- 14 Central African Republic 44.6% compare
- 16 Afghanistan 44.4% compare
- 17 Libya 44.4% compare
- 18 Democratic Republic of Congo 44.3% compare
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 probability that a man will outlive a woman in Equatorial Guinea?
- Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Equatorial Guinea was 44.5% in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 46.7% in 2002.
- What is the lowest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.8% in 1979.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 15th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is probability that a man will outlive a woman rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.