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Topic 05 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Equatorial Guinea: Health & Wellbeing
How long, and how well fed, do people live?
Equatorial Guinea is placed joint 192nd of 200 countries on health & wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Life Expectancy at Birth 63.71 (2023); Under-Five Mortality Rate 67.97 (2024).
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Health & Wellbeing
joint192nd
of 200 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 4 key statistics
- 63.71Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023Years a newborn would live at current death rates
- 67.97Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
- —Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024No reading for this country
- —Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2024No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Equatorial Guinea on health & wellbeing — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Life Expectancy at Birth
UN DESA Population Division
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
63.71
Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Higher is better
Equatorial Guinea: 63.71. Across the 222 countries in this edition, values run from 54.46 (Nigeria) to 86.37 (Monaco); the world median is 74.63.
- World median
- 74.63
- Best in Middle Africa
- 69.72 São Tomé and Príncipe
- Land neighbours
- Cameroon 63.7 · Gabon 68.34
Key 2 of 4
Under-Five Mortality Rate
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
67.97
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Lower is better
Equatorial Guinea: 67.97. Across the 200 countries in this edition, values run from 1.26 (San Marino) to 115.65 (Nigeria); the world median is 14.54.
- World median
- 14.54
- Best in Middle Africa
- 13.55 São Tomé and Príncipe
- Land neighbours
- Cameroon 64.84 · Gabon 32.63
Key 3 of 4
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Lower is better
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) publishes no reading from 2014–2024 for Equatorial Guinea, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 162 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.518 (Latvia) to 52.8 (Burundi); the world median is 13.8.
- World median
- 13.8
- Best in Middle Africa
- 11.74 São Tomé and Príncipe
- Land neighbours
- Cameroon 28.93 · Gabon 14.36
Key 4 of 4
Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Population in severe food insecurity (%)
Lower is better
FAO publishes no 2024 figure for Equatorial Guinea, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 125 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Brazil) to 62.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 4.9.
- World median
- 4.9
- Best in Middle Africa
- 16.2 Angola
- Land neighbours
- Cameroon 23.9
02Over time
Which way Equatorial Guinea is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Life Expectancy at Birth
Years a newborn would live at current death rates · higher is better
Equatorial GuineaWorld median
Equatorial Guinea rose from 53.4 in 2000 to 63.71 in 2023; the world median went from 70.68 to 74.63.
Every year’s figures
Year Equatorial Guinea World median 2023 63.7 74.630 2022 63.4 74.313 2021 62.4 72.433 2020 62.1 73.063 2019 62.3 74.196 2018 61.9 74.081 2017 61.5 74.029 2016 61.1 74.013 2015 60.6 73.783 2014 60.2 73.330 2013 59.8 73.386 2012 59.3 73.210 2011 58.8 73.003 2010 58.3 72.827 2009 57.9 72.426 2008 57.4 72.264 2007 56.9 72.113 2006 56.4 72.027 2005 55.8 71.876 2004 55.3 71.477 2003 54.8 71.409 2002 54.3 71.173 2001 53.8 70.926 2000 53.4 70.678 Under-Five Mortality Rate
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) · lower is better
Equatorial GuineaWorld median
Equatorial Guinea fell from 154.49 in 2000 to 67.97 in 2024; the world median went from 30.43 to 14.54.
Every year’s figures
Year Equatorial Guinea World median 2024 68 14.5 2023 70 15.2 2022 73 14.7 2021 75 15.1 2020 78 15.3 2019 81 15.7 2018 83 16.3 2017 86 16.8 2016 89 17.5 2015 92 17.9 2014 95 18.3 2013 99 18.7 2012 102 18.8 2011 106 19.0 2010 109 19.2 2009 113 20.8 2008 118 20.7 2007 123 21.8 2006 127 22.8 2005 132 24.0 2004 137 25.9 2003 141 26.9 2002 146 28.0 2001 150 29.1 2000 154 30.4
03In context
Equatorial Guinea beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 200 countries on health & wellbeing, never a place within the region.
Equatorial Guinea and the countries it borders
Standing among all 200; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Life Expectancy at BirthYears a newborn would live at current death rates | Under-Five Mortality RateDeaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) | Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveChildren under 5 who are stunted (%) | Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityPopulation in severe food insecurity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gabon | 139th | 68.34 | 32.63 | 14.36 | — |
 Cameroon | 180th | 63.7 | 64.84 | 28.93 | 23.9 |
| Equatorial Guinea | =192nd | 63.71 | 67.97 | 26.2 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Middle Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 200.
Placed either side on health & wellbeing
The countries immediately above and below Equatorial Guinea in the topic’s list.
Mozambique189th
Afghanistan190th
Sierra Leone191st- Equatorial Guinea=192nd
Liberia=192nd
Lesotho194th
Chad195th
04Context, no vote
Where Equatorial Guinea is ahead of the world, and behind
31 more statistics filed under health & wellbeing, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median2
Statistics on which Equatorial Guinea does better than the middle country measured.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.4803.48No real change since 2015
Equatorial Guinea: 0 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
Wasting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 3.5463.13.546No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 3.1 · world median 3.546 · Children under 5 who are wasted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.1 to 22.74; lower is better.
Position 97th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median23
Statistics on which Equatorial Guinea does worse than the middle country measured.
Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with DiarrhoeaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 41.540.441.5No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 40.4 · world median 41.5 · Children under 5 with diarrhoea given oral rehydration salts (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 9.9 to 95.4; higher is better.
Position 68th of 127 · derived.
Overweight Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 5.57.4625.5▲ Improved since 2014
Equatorial Guinea: 7.462 · world median 5.5 · Children under 5 who are overweight (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.623 to 26.43; lower is better.
Position 64th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 2023 · world median 14.4520.914.45▼ Worsened since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 20.9 · world median 14.45 · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³). Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 68.2; lower is better.
Position 71st of 220 · derived, 1st = worst.
Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.7620.6740.762No real change since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 0.674 · world median 0.762 · HDI score (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.388 to 0.972; higher is better.
Ranked 133rd of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of PneumoniaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 67.754.367.7No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 54.3 · world median 67.7 · Children under 5 with pneumonia symptoms taken to a health provider (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 14 to 99.1; higher is better.
Position 90th of 127 · derived.
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 8166.981No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 66.9 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 110th of 153 · derived.
Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum)MAP · 2025 · world median 52.47224.2652.47▲ Improved since 2015
Equatorial Guinea: 224.26 · world median 52.47 · New P. falciparum malaria cases per 1,000 people per year. Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 334.75; lower is better.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.65173.6646.65No real change since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 173.66 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 44th of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 917891▲ Improved since 2015
Equatorial Guinea: 78 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.16317.818.163▼ Worsened since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 17.81 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 38th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 26.463.226.4▼ Worsened since 2017
Equatorial Guinea: 63.2 · world median 26.4 · Share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 93.9; lower is better.
Position 26th of 145 · derived, 1st = worst.
Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum)MAP · 2024 · world median 8.10673.968.106▲ Improved since 2014
Equatorial Guinea: 73.96 · world median 8.106 · Deaths from P. falciparum malaria per 100,000 people per year. Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 133.27; lower is better.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.967.396.9No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 67.3 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 133.7234.75133.7▼ Worsened since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 234.75 · world median 133.7 · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 25.15 to 415.44; lower is better.
Position 29th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Insecticide-Treated Net UseMAP · 2025 · world median 4517.3745▼ Worsened since 2015
Equatorial Guinea: 17.37 · world median 45 · Population that slept under an insecticide-treated net (%). Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 8.586 to 88.58; higher is better.
Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 16.3913.2116.39No real change since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 13.21 · world median 16.39 · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 12.13 to 23.21; higher is better.
Position 200th of 222 · derived.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.13426.298.134No real change since 2014
Equatorial Guinea: 26.29 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 20th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 906290▲ Improved since 2015
Equatorial Guinea: 62 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.85813.762.858No real change since 2014
Equatorial Guinea: 13.76 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 18th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.253871.25No real change since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 38 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 181st of 196 · derived.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.2647.612.26No real change since 2014
Equatorial Guinea: 47.6 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 15th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 40.747.440.74No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 7.4 · world median 40.74 · Infants under 6 months exclusively breastfed (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.497 to 83.3; higher is better.
Position 133rd of 136 · derived.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.46150.4427.46No real change since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 150.44 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 3rd of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end6
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Average Weekly Hours WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 38.8944.8438.89Moved since 2015
Equatorial Guinea: 44.84 · world median 38.89 · Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.64 to 54.7.
Position 22nd of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Cost of a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 4.554.884.55Moved since 2017
Equatorial Guinea: 4.88 · world median 4.55 · Cost of the cheapest locally available healthy diet, PPP dollars per person per day. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.66 to 8.27.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.730.981.73Moved since 2014
Equatorial Guinea: 0.98 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 115th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Caesarean Section RateUNICEF · 2025 · world median 20.656.620.65No earlier reading
Equatorial Guinea: 6.6 · world median 20.65 · Live births delivered by caesarean section (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 72.2.
Modern Contraceptive PrevalenceUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 35.415.535.4No real change since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 15.5 · world median 35.4 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using a modern contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 73.8.
Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 41.2518.241.25No real change since 2013
Equatorial Guinea: 18.2 · world median 41.25 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using any contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.6 to 78.7.
No current reading for Equatorial Guinea
Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff (last 2011), Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, Dietary Energy Supply, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Fish and Seafood Supply per Person, Fruit Supply per Person, Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, HPV Vaccination Coverage, Girls, Human Capital Index, INFORM Severity Index, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Meat Supply per Person, Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two Days, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, Vegetable Supply per Person and Violent Discipline of Children. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Health & Wellbeing among Equatorial Guinea’s 15 topics
Health & Wellbeing is Equatorial Guinea’s 13th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability33rd of 1862/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience85th of 1933/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade115th of 1772/4 keys
- Energy122nd of 1652/3 keys
- Work & Labour138th of 1824/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality123rd of 1593/3 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 137th of 1774/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital156th of 1963/3 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 160th of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation153rd of 1763/4 keys
- Gender & Equality166th of 1833/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties188th of 1984/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeingjoint 192nd of 2002/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge196th of 1983/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions193rd of 1944/4 keys
No standing on Food & Agriculture: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on health & wellbeing
The three countries placed highest of 200, and the leaders Equatorial Guinea can most readily be measured against.
1
San MarinoSouthern Europe
1st of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Matl derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
MonacoWestern Europe
2nd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
AndorraSouthern Europe
3rd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
South Korea5th4/4 keysHighest in Africa
Cabo Verde80th4/4 keysHighest in Middle Africa
São Tomé and Príncipe=110th3/4 keysThis page
Equatorial Guinea=192nd2/4 keys
Positions out of 200 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Equatorial Guinea and health & wellbeing
On health & wellbeing
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On health & wellbeing
World Happiness Report 2025: Finland Leads Again as the US and UK Face Major Declines
The ten highest life evaluations of 2025, drawn on a world map, and the six things the report uses to explain them. Costa Rica and Mexico are the only two outside Europe and the Middle East.
08Questions
Equatorial Guinea on health & wellbeing: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Equatorial Guinea rank on health & wellbeing?
Equatorial Guinea is placed joint 192nd of 200 countries on Health & Wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics (Life Expectancy at Birth and Under-Five Mortality Rate). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Life Expectancy at Birth figure for Equatorial Guinea?
63.71 in 2023 (years a newborn would live at current death rates), according to UN DESA Population Division. The world median in the same edition was 74.63.
What is the latest Under-Five Mortality Rate figure for Equatorial Guinea?
67.97 in 2024 (deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)), according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The world median in the same edition was 14.54.
How does Equatorial Guinea compare with Cameroon on health & wellbeing?
Cameroon is placed 180th of 200, and Equatorial Guinea joint 192nd. Life Expectancy at Birth: Cameroon 63.7, Equatorial Guinea 63.71; Under-Five Mortality Rate: Cameroon 64.84, Equatorial Guinea 67.97.
How have Equatorial Guinea’s health & wellbeing figures changed?
Life Expectancy at Birth rose from 53.4 in 2000 to 63.71 in 2023; Under-Five Mortality Rate fell from 154.49 in 2000 to 67.97 in 2024.
Which health & wellbeing statistics are missing for Equatorial Guinea?
No current reading is published for Equatorial Guinea on Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, Dietary Energy Supply, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Fish and Seafood Supply per Person, Fruit Supply per Person, Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, HPV Vaccination Coverage, Girls, Human Capital Index, INFORM Severity Index, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Meat Supply per Person, Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two Days, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, Vegetable Supply per Person and Violent Discipline of Children. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Health spending, hospital beds and doctors per person are not measured, because more of any of them does not guarantee better outcomes. Mental health and self-reported happiness are not part of this topic. Food supply per person is measured under Food & Agriculture. Maternal mortality and many other indicators are published here as context; maternal mortality is a key in Development & Human Capital instead.
How the Health & Wellbeing standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The health & wellbeing method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Life Expectancy at Birth — UN DESA Population Division, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Under-Five Mortality Rate — UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five — UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 31 statistics on this page come from 12 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Equatorial Guinea’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Equatorial Guinea (banner) — Mehlauge, CC BY-SA 3.0
- San Marino — Matl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andorra — Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Equatorial Guinea: Health & Wellbeing — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/equatorial-guinea/health