How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men

Cameroon

0.2072

in 2023

Equatorial Guinea

0.2063

in 2023

Cameroon rank

20th

Equatorial Guinea rank

22nd

Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men over time

Cameroon
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 0.2072 against 0.2063 in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.0009.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 20th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 22nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 4 and Equatorial Guinea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Equatorial Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1950s	0.4983	0.4549	0.0435	Cameroon
1960s	0.4245	0.4355	0.011	Equatorial Guinea
1970s	0.3551	0.4501	0.095	Equatorial Guinea
1980s	0.3151	0.3542	0.0391	Equatorial Guinea
1990s	0.3055	0.3264	0.0209	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	0.2888	0.286	0.0028	Cameroon
2010s	0.2444	0.2377	0.0067	Cameroon
2020s	0.2141	0.2107	0.0034	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men, Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea?: Cameroon, at 0.2072 against 0.2063 in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?: 0.0009, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?: Cameroon ranks 20th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 22nd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.