What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men between Gabon and Papua New Guinea?

0.0002, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Papua New 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.

Gabon vs Papua New Guinea: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men

Gabon

0.1711

in 2023

Papua New Guinea

0.1713

in 2023

Gabon rank

49th

Papua New Guinea rank

48th

Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men over time

Gabon
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.1713 against 0.1711 in Gabon, a difference of 0.0002.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Gabon ahead.

Gabon ranks 49th and Papua New Guinea ranks 48th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 7 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gabon	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1950s	0.4403	0.4152	0.0251	Gabon
1960s	0.3649	0.3424	0.0225	Gabon
1970s	0.3025	0.2817	0.0208	Gabon
1980s	0.2559	0.243	0.0129	Gabon
1990s	0.2327	0.2217	0.011	Gabon
2000s	0.2165	0.2053	0.0112	Gabon
2010s	0.1884	0.1874	0.001	Gabon
2020s	0.1731	0.1741	0.001	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men, Gabon or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 0.1713 against 0.1711 in Gabon as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men between Gabon and Papua New Guinea?: 0.0002, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Papua New Guinea?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Gabon and Papua New Guinea rank globally for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?: Gabon ranks 49th and Papua New Guinea ranks 48th 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.