Guinea vs South Sudan: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men
Guinea
0.2446
in 2023
South Sudan
0.2772
in 2023
Guinea rank
6th
South Sudan rank
3rd
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men over time
- Guinea
- South Sudan
How they compare
South Sudan currently reports 0.2772 against 0.2446 in Guinea, a difference of 0.0326.
That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Sudan ahead.
Guinea ranks 6th and South Sudan ranks 3rd of 236 countries.
South Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.5028 | 0.5461 | 0.0433 | South Sudan |
| 1960s | 0.4858 | 0.5538 | 0.0681 | South Sudan |
| 1970s | 0.4566 | 0.4922 | 0.0356 | South Sudan |
| 1980s | 0.411 | 0.5173 | 0.1063 | South Sudan |
| 1990s | 0.3568 | 0.4925 | 0.1357 | South Sudan |
| 2000s | 0.3042 | 0.3143 | 0.0101 | South Sudan |
| 2010s | 0.2715 | 0.3442 | 0.0727 | South Sudan |
| 2020s | 0.2491 | 0.2756 | 0.0265 | South Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men, Guinea or South Sudan?
- South Sudan, at 0.2772 against 0.2446 in Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men between Guinea and South Sudan?
- 0.0326, with South Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and South Sudan?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Guinea and South Sudan rank globally for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?
- Guinea ranks 6th and South Sudan ranks 3rd 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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About this data
Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.