Guinea-Bissau - Life Expectancy 1999
48.5
+0.4 from 1998
Guinea-Bissau's life expectancy was 48.5 in 1999, increased +0.4 from 48.1 in 1998. This was the 202nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1999▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 81.8 | 0.3% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 81.6 | 0.3% |
| 3rd | Japan | 80.5 | -0.1% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 80.4 | 0.3% |
| 5th | San Marino | 80.2 | 0.4% |
| 6th | Gibraltar | 79.8 | 0.4% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 79.6 | 0.3% |
| 8th | Sweden | 79.4 | 0.1% |
| 9th | Italy | 79.4 | 0.6% |
| 10th | Iceland | 79.4 | -0.3% |
| 11th | Liechtenstein | 79.1 | 1.8% |
| 12th | Channel Islands | 79.1 | 0.8% |
| 13th | Macao SAR, China | 79.0 | 1.0% |
| 14th | Australia | 78.9 | 0.4% |
| 15th | Canada | 78.8 | 0.3% |
| 16th | France | 78.8 | 0.2% |
| 17th | Spain | 78.7 | 0.1% |
| 18th | Israel | 78.7 | 0.7% |
| 19th | French Polynesia | 78.6 | 0.9% |
| 20th | Norway | 78.3 | -0.1% |
| 21st | Faroe Islands | 78.2 | 0.3% |
| 22nd | Greece | 78.0 | 0.2% |
| 23rd | New Zealand | 77.9 | -0.2% |
| 24th | Austria | 77.9 | 0.3% |
| 25th | Bermuda | 77.9 | 0.6% |
| 26th | Netherlands | 77.8 | -0.1% |
| 27th | Luxembourg | 77.8 | 1.0% |
| 28th | Germany | 77.7 | 0.3% |
| 29th | Belgium | 77.6 | 0.2% |
| 30th | Cyprus | 77.6 | 0.5% |
| 31st | Singapore | 77.6 | 0.3% |
| 32nd | Malta | 77.5 | -0.1% |
| 33rd | United Kingdom | 77.4 | 0.3% |
| 34th | Finland | 77.3 | 0.3% |
| 35th | Costa Rica | 77.1 | 0.2% |
| 36th | European Union | 76.7 | 0.3% |
| 37th | Chile | 76.7 | 0.5% |
| 38th | United States | 76.6 | 0.0% |
| 39th | St. Martin (French part) | 76.6 | 0.3% |
| 40th | Denmark | 76.3 | 0.3% |
| 41st | Ireland | 76.1 | -0.1% |
| 42nd | Kuwait | 76.1 | 0.1% |
| 43rd | Portugal | 76.0 | 0.3% |
| 44th | Cuba | 75.7 | 0.4% |
| 45th | Korea | 75.4 | 0.5% |
| 46th | Puerto Rico (US) | 75.3 | 1.0% |
| 47th | Qatar | 75.0 | 0.2% |
| 48th | Slovenia | 75.0 | 0.3% |
| 49th | United Arab Emirates | 75.0 | 1.8% |
| 50th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 74.9 | 0.6% |
| 51st | Guam | 74.8 | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Czechia | 74.7 | 0.2% |
| 53rd | British Virgin Islands | 74.7 | 0.1% |
| 54th | Barbados | 74.6 | 0.2% |
| 55th | Albania | 74.6 | 0.3% |
| 56th | Isle of Man | 74.5 | 0.4% |
| 57th | Antigua and Barbuda | 74.5 | 0.4% |
| 58th | Bahrain | 74.4 | 0.4% |
| 59th | Uruguay | 74.3 | 0.4% |
| 60th | Northern Mariana Islands | 74.3 | 0.9% |
| 61st | Cayman Islands | 74.2 | 0.2% |
| 62nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 74.2 | 0.4% |
| 63rd | Brunei Darussalam | 73.8 | 0.3% |
| 64th | Argentina | 73.7 | 0.4% |
| 65th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 73.5 | 0.6% |
| 66th | Lebanon | 73.5 | 0.4% |
| 67th | Oman | 73.3 | 0.5% |
| 68th | Curaçao | 73.2 | 0.1% |
| 69th | Montenegro | 73.1 | -0.2% |
| 70th | New Caledonia | 73.1 | 0.6% |
| 71st | Panama | 73.1 | 0.5% |
| 72nd | Poland | 73.0 | 0.1% |
| 73rd | Slovak Republic | 72.9 | 0.5% |
| 74th | Grenada | 72.9 | 0.2% |
| 75th | Aruba | 72.9 | -0.1% |
| 76th | North Macedonia | 72.8 | 0.7% |
| 77th | Seychelles | 72.7 | 1.3% |
| 78th | Croatia | 72.6 | 0.4% |
| 79th | Viet Nam | 72.6 | 0.4% |
| 80th | Malaysia | 72.4 | 0.1% |
| 81st | Tunisia | 72.3 | 0.4% |
| 82nd | Saudi Arabia | 72.3 | 0.5% |
| 83rd | Mexico | 72.2 | 0.6% |
| 84th | Bahamas, The | 72.1 | 0.4% |
| 85th | China | 72.0 | 0.5% |
| 86th | Ecuador | 71.9 | 0.0% |
| 87th | Jordan | 71.7 | 0.3% |
| 88th | Lithuania | 71.6 | 0.5% |
| 89th | Dominica | 71.5 | 0.2% |
| 90th | American Samoa | 71.5 | -0.1% |
| 91st | Bulgaria | 71.4 | 0.5% |
| 92nd | Jamaica | 71.2 | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 71.1 | -0.2% |
| 94th | Thailand | 71.0 | 0.4% |
| 95th | Mauritius | 71.0 | 0.5% |
| 96th | Colombia | 70.9 | 0.0% |
| 97th | West Bank and Gaza | 70.8 | 0.3% |
| 98th | Türkiye | 70.8 | -0.6% |
| 99th | St. Lucia | 70.7 | 0.0% |
| 100th | Hungary | 70.7 | 0.2% |
| 101st | Libya | 70.6 | -0.1% |
| 102nd | Samoa | 70.6 | 0.4% |
| 103rd | Romania | 70.5 | 1.0% |
| 104th | Syrian Arab Republic | 70.5 | 0.4% |
| 105th | Sri Lanka | 70.4 | 0.4% |
| 106th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.3 | 0.1% |
| 107th | Armenia | 70.2 | 0.6% |
| 108th | Dominican Republic | 70.2 | 0.4% |
| 109th | Maldives | 70.2 | 1.2% |
| 110th | Algeria | 70.1 | 1.1% |
| 111th | Estonia | 70.1 | 1.0% |
| 112th | Georgia | 70.0 | 0.3% |
| 113th | Serbia | 69.9 | -3.1% |
| 114th | Paraguay | 69.8 | 0.4% |
| 115th | Latvia | 69.7 | 1.1% |
| 116th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 69.7 | 0.7% |
| 117th | Tonga | 69.4 | 0.3% |
| 118th | Peru | 69.3 | 0.8% |
| 119th | Brazil | 69.2 | 0.5% |
| 120th | Belize | 69.0 | 0.1% |
| 121st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 68.7 | 1.2% |
| 122nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 68.7 | 2.4% |
| 123rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.5 | 0.3% |
| 124th | Honduras | 68.0 | 8.9% |
| 125th | Ukraine | 68.0 | 0.0% |
| 126th | Vanuatu | 67.9 | -0.7% |
| 127th | Belarus | 67.9 | -0.7% |
| 128th | Philippines | 67.5 | 0.4% |
| 129th | Cabo Verde | 67.4 | 1.0% |
| 130th | El Salvador | 67.3 | 0.9% |
| 131st | Moldova | 67.2 | 0.5% |
| 132nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 67.0 | 0.6% |
| 133rd | Solomon Islands | 67.0 | 0.2% |
| 134th | Fiji | 66.7 | 0.3% |
| 135th | Guatemala | 66.6 | 1.0% |
| 136th | Greenland | 66.5 | 0.5% |
| 137th | Morocco | 66.4 | 0.6% |
| 138th | Indonesia | 66.0 | 0.1% |
| 139th | Russian Federation | 66.0 | -1.6% |
| 140th | Nicaragua | 65.9 | 2.8% |
| 141st | Uzbekistan | 65.3 | 0.2% |
| 142nd | Azerbaijan | 64.7 | 1.5% |
| 143rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 64.6 | 0.2% |
| 144th | Iraq | 64.5 | 0.2% |
| 145th | Turkmenistan | 64.5 | 0.8% |
| 146th | Kiribati | 64.4 | 0.5% |
| 147th | Palau | 64.2 | 0.4% |
| 148th | Suriname | 64.0 | 0.5% |
| 149th | Guyana | 63.8 | 0.5% |
| 150th | Kazakhstan | 63.5 | 0.3% |
| 151st | Marshall Islands | 63.4 | 0.3% |
| 152nd | Tuvalu | 63.3 | 0.3% |
| 153rd | Tajikistan | 63.1 | 1.1% |
| 154th | Mongolia | 62.8 | 1.1% |
| 155th | India | 62.3 | 0.7% |
| 156th | Yemen, Republic of | 62.3 | 0.8% |
| 157th | Nepal | 62.0 | 0.8% |
| 158th | Bhutan | 62.0 | 1.2% |
| 159th | Gabon | 61.7 | 0.2% |
| 160th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 61.7 | 0.7% |
| 161st | Pakistan | 61.5 | 0.7% |
| 162nd | Papua New Guinea | 61.5 | 1.8% |
| 163rd | Bangladesh | 61.2 | 1.3% |
| 164th | São Tomé and Principe | 61.0 | 0.3% |
| 165th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 60.9 | 0.0% |
| 166th | Mauritania | 60.4 | 0.9% |
| 167th | Myanmar | 60.1 | 0.4% |
| 168th | Nauru | 59.7 | -0.3% |
| 169th | South Africa | 59.2 | -1.2% |
| 170th | Comoros | 58.9 | 0.9% |
| 171st | Cambodia | 58.6 | 1.3% |
| 172nd | Sudan | 58.6 | 0.5% |
| 173rd | Kosovo | 58.3 | -15.0% |
| 174th | Lao PDR | 57.9 | 0.6% |
| 175th | Ghana | 57.8 | 0.5% |
| 176th | Haiti | 57.7 | 1.0% |
| 177th | Madagascar | 57.4 | 1.1% |
| 178th | Senegal | 57.3 | 0.4% |
| 179th | Djibouti | 56.6 | 0.2% |
| 180th | Gambia, The | 56.5 | 0.8% |
| 181st | Benin | 56.3 | 0.3% |
| 182nd | Kenya | 55.9 | 0.5% |
| 183rd | Afghanistan | 54.5 | 3.9% |
| 184th | Congo, Republic of | 54.4 | 3.6% |
| 185th | Togo | 54.3 | 0.7% |
| 186th | Namibia | 54.0 | -1.4% |
| 187th | Cameroon | 53.2 | 0.2% |
| 188th | Equatorial Guinea | 53.0 | 0.7% |
| 189th | Botswana | 52.5 | -0.9% |
| 190th | Tanzania | 52.4 | 1.1% |
| 191st | Guinea | 52.0 | 0.7% |
| 192nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.3 | 0.1% |
| 193rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.6 | -0.3% |
| 194th | Burkina Faso | 50.5 | 0.6% |
| 195th | Liberia | 50.4 | 2.1% |
| 196th | Lesotho | 50.4 | -3.2% |
| 197th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 50.1 | 0.9% |
| 198th | Mali | 50.1 | 0.9% |
| 199th | Uganda | 49.0 | 1.5% |
| 200th | Mozambique | 48.8 | 1.3% |
| 201st | Eswatini | 48.8 | -2.5% |
| 202nd | Guinea-Bissau | 48.5 | 0.8% |
| 203rd | Niger | 48.5 | 1.4% |
| 204th | Chad | 47.9 | 0.3% |
| 205th | Burundi | 47.6 | 2.0% |
| 206th | Central African Republic | 46.9 | -0.4% |
| 207th | Nigeria | 46.6 | 1.0% |
| 208th | Zimbabwe | 46.4 | -2.5% |
| 209th | Zambia | 45.9 | 0.5% |
| 210th | Angola | 45.8 | 0.8% |
| 211th | Rwanda | 45.7 | 6.1% |
| 212th | Timor-Leste | 45.2 | -6.9% |
| 213th | Malawi | 45.1 | 1.7% |
| 214th | South Sudan | 44.5 | 133.8% |
| 215th | Eritrea | 44.5 | -11.0% |
| 216th | Sierra Leone | 42.0 | -1.8% |
FAQ
What was Guinea-Bissau's life expectancy in 1999?▾
Guinea-Bissau's life expectancy in 1999 was 48.5. This ranked 202nd globally.
How did Guinea-Bissau's life expectancy change in 1999?▾
Guinea-Bissau's life expectancy increased by 0.8% in 1999 compared to 1998.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1999?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1999 at 81.8.
What is the life expectancy of Guinea-Bissau in 1999?▾
The life expectancy of Guinea-Bissau in 1999 was 48.5. This ranked 202nd globally.
How does 1999 compare to 1998 for Guinea-Bissau's life expectancy?▾
Guinea-Bissau's life expectancy went from 48.1 in 1998 to 48.5 in 1999, a 0.8% increase.
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