What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men between Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?

0.0025, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.

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

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 Guinea-Bissau: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men

Cameroon

0.2072

in 2023

Guinea-Bissau

0.2097

in 2023

Cameroon rank

20th

Guinea-Bissau rank

19th

Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men over time

Cameroon
Guinea-Bissau

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.2097 against 0.2072 in Cameroon, a difference of 0.0025.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 20th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 19th of 236 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Guinea-Bissau	Difference	Ahead
1950s	0.4983	0.5053	0.007	Guinea-Bissau
1960s	0.4245	0.4979	0.0734	Guinea-Bissau
1970s	0.3551	0.4578	0.1027	Guinea-Bissau
1980s	0.3151	0.4094	0.0943	Guinea-Bissau
1990s	0.3055	0.3732	0.0677	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	0.2888	0.3123	0.0236	Guinea-Bissau
2010s	0.2444	0.2469	0.0024	Guinea-Bissau
2020s	0.2141	0.2155	0.0014	Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men, Cameroon or Guinea-Bissau?: Guinea-Bissau, at 0.2097 against 0.2072 in Cameroon as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men between Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?: 0.0025, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?: Cameroon ranks 20th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 19th 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.