Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Guernsey
Guernsey: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men was 0.0835 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Guernsey, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Guernsey recorded 0.0835 for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Guernsey peaked at 0.1562 in 1953 and was at its lowest, 0.0826, in 2020.
That places Guernsey 217th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Guernsey, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.1506 | — |
| 1951 | 0.1459 | -3.1% |
| 1952 | 0.1298 | -11.1% |
| 1953 | 0.1562 | +20.4% |
| 1954 | 0.1312 | -16.0% |
| 1955 | 0.1421 | +8.4% |
| 1956 | 0.1139 | -19.9% |
| 1957 | 0.1445 | +26.9% |
| 1958 | 0.1276 | -11.7% |
| 1959 | 0.1333 | +4.4% |
| 1960 | 0.1127 | -15.4% |
| 1961 | 0.1354 | +20.2% |
| 1962 | 0.1323 | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 0.1451 | +9.7% |
| 1964 | 0.1316 | -9.3% |
| 1965 | 0.1348 | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 0.1215 | -9.9% |
| 1967 | 0.1289 | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 0.1427 | +10.7% |
| 1969 | 0.1396 | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 0.1361 | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 0.1357 | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.1335 | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 0.127 | -4.9% |
| 1974 | 0.1373 | +8.1% |
| 1975 | 0.1338 | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 0.1315 | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 0.128 | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 0.1215 | -5.0% |
| 1979 | 0.1233 | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.112 | -9.2% |
| 1981 | 0.1255 | +12.1% |
| 1982 | 0.1323 | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 0.1106 | -16.4% |
| 1984 | 0.1107 | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.1157 | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 0.1093 | -5.5% |
| 1987 | 0.1094 | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.1113 | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 0.1036 | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 0.1037 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.1118 | +7.9% |
| 1992 | 0.1034 | -7.5% |
| 1993 | 0.1075 | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 0.1025 | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 0.1008 | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0982 | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0979 | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0967 | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0896 | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0946 | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0944 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0938 | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0932 | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.091 | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.09 | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.089 | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0884 | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0876 | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0869 | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0856 | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0847 | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0851 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.084 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0836 | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.084 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0844 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0855 | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.085 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0832 | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0826 | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0864 | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0838 | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0835 | -0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Guernsey changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | +26.9% | 0.1139 | 0.1445 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.1375 | 0.1139 | 0.1562 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1325 | 0.1127 | 0.1451 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1308 | 0.1215 | 0.1373 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.114 | 0.1036 | 0.1323 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1012 | 0.0896 | 0.1118 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0909 | 0.0869 | 0.0946 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0845 | 0.0832 | 0.0856 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0841 | 0.0826 | 0.0864 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Guernsey
More poverty & inequality data for Guernsey
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.36 live births per woman (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0763 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0763 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Guernsey?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Guernsey was 0.0835 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Guernsey?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1562 in 1953.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Guernsey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0826 in 2020.
- How does Guernsey rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?
- Guernsey ranks 217th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men rising or falling in Guernsey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guernsey data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.