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Mortality in Equatorial Guinea, by the numbers

Equatorial Guinea sits in Sub-Saharan Africa. A newborn there can expect about 64.1 years of life, 190th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Equatorial Guinea, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
64.1 yrs
190th of 212
Infant mortality
47.6 /1,000
14th highest of 192
Age-standardized death rate
12.8 /1,000
25th highest of 182

16 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Equatorial Guinea ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 64.1 yrs 190 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 12.8 /1,000 25 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 7.9 /1,000 84 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 16.6 yrs 138 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 60.1 /1,000 109 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 3.7 yrs 175 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 89.7 men/100 women 178 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 47.6 /1,000 14 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 174 /100k 41 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 20.3 % 74 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 7.0 /100k 95 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 27.2 /100k 37 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 6.6 L 66 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 3.7 % 168 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $234 124 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $6,745 123 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Equatorial Guinea's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 14th highest infant mortality in the world (47.6 /1,000) and the 25th highest age-standardized death rate in the world (12.8 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Equatorial Guinea; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.