Lifespan by CountryLife expectancy in Guinea-Bissau
The latest total is 64.3 years, for a newborn experiencing the mortality rates of 2024.
World Bank WDI. Retrieved 2026-09-14. Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Female, 2024
- 66.5years at birth
- Male, 2024
- 61.8years at birth
- Female minus male
- 4.7years in 2024
- World rank, 2024
- 193 of 217 countries & economies
Female life expectancy is 4.7 years higher than male life expectancy. Rank uses unrounded total values; compare all countries.
Guinea-Bissau: a longer view
Life expectancy at birth, on a 0–100-year scale
16.5 years higher than in 1994. Source: World Bank WDI.
Thirty years of change, 1994–2024
Over these 30 years, total life expectancy changed by +16.5 years. The annual series below shows the path between those two endpoints.
The vertical axis runs from 40 to 70 years. Missing observations break the line; no values are interpolated.
View all annual figures, 1994–2024
| Year | Total | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64.25 | 66.55 | 61.82 |
| 2023 | 64.09 | 66.36 | 61.66 |
| 2022 | 63.61 | 65.85 | 61.21 |
| 2021 | 61.65 | 63.87 | 59.31 |
| 2020 | 61.34 | 63.68 | 58.87 |
| 2019 | 62.16 | 64.31 | 59.87 |
| 2018 | 61.65 | 63.77 | 59.39 |
| 2017 | 61.15 | 63.25 | 58.91 |
| 2016 | 60.62 | 62.69 | 58.41 |
| 2015 | 60.07 | 62.12 | 57.89 |
| 2014 | 59.48 | 61.51 | 57.31 |
| 2013 | 58.88 | 60.87 | 56.76 |
| 2012 | 58.27 | 60.24 | 56.18 |
| 2011 | 57.66 | 59.60 | 55.60 |
| 2010 | 57.00 | 58.93 | 54.96 |
| 2009 | 56.30 | 58.23 | 54.26 |
| 2008 | 55.30 | 57.23 | 53.28 |
| 2007 | 54.87 | 56.83 | 52.83 |
| 2006 | 54.09 | 56.13 | 51.97 |
| 2005 | 52.95 | 54.93 | 50.89 |
| 2004 | 52.80 | 54.85 | 50.69 |
| 2003 | 52.19 | 54.26 | 50.06 |
| 2002 | 51.61 | 53.71 | 49.46 |
| 2001 | 51.05 | 53.20 | 48.87 |
| 2000 | 50.57 | 52.72 | 48.37 |
| 1999 | 48.49 | 51.57 | 45.47 |
| 1998 | 48.12 | 51.69 | 44.68 |
| 1997 | 48.03 | 50.13 | 45.94 |
| 1996 | 48.77 | 50.95 | 46.61 |
| 1995 | 48.53 | 50.71 | 46.39 |
| 1994 | 47.78 | 49.90 | 45.69 |
How Guinea-Bissau compares
Guinea-Bissau is 1.5 years above the World Bank aggregate for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024. The regional figure is published by the World Bank, rather than calculated as a simple average of the countries shown here.
| Population | Years | Country difference |
|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | 64.3 | — |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 62.8 | +1.5 |
| World | 73.5 | -9.2 |
Nearby values in the same region
Selected by total life expectancy in 2024, not by geographical distance.
- Angola: 64.8 years
- Eswatini: 64.3 years
- Cameroon: 64.0 years
- Equatorial Guinea: 63.9 years
View every country in Sub-Saharan Africa
Questions about these figures
What is life expectancy in Guinea-Bissau?
Life expectancy at birth was 64.3 years in 2024, according to World Bank WDI. This is the latest available total in the snapshot retrieved on 2026-09-14.
How has life expectancy changed in Guinea-Bissau?
It changed from 47.8 years in 1994 to 64.3 in 2024: 16.5 years higher. Changes are calculated before rounding.
Is this how long I can expect to live?
No. This is period life expectancy at birth for a population. Your current age and circumstances matter, and future mortality rates may change. It is not remaining life expectancy or a personal prediction.
Sources and interpretation
Period life expectancy at birth, in years. Total is the published WDI series, not the arithmetic mean of female and male values. Gaps and changes use unrounded values. Method, coverage and limitations.
- World Bank WDI: life expectancy at birth, total (CC BY 4.0; accessed 2026-09-14)
- World Bank WDI: life expectancy at birth, male (CC BY 4.0; accessed 2026-09-14)
- World Bank WDI: life expectancy at birth, female (CC BY 4.0; accessed 2026-09-14)
- World Bank country and region metadata (World Bank dataset terms; accessed 2026-09-14)
Life expectancy at birth describes population mortality in a given year. It is not a prediction of how long an individual will live. Independent of the World Bank.