How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Sao Tome and Principe?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Guyana vs Sao Tome and Principe: Life expectancy by sex

Guyana

73.94 years

in 2023

Sao Tome and Principe

73.73 years

in 2023

Guyana rank

159th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

162nd

Life expectancy by sex over time

Guyana
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Guyana currently reports 73.94 years against 73.73 years in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.21 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guyana ahead.

Guyana ranks 159th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 162nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 7 and Sao Tome and Principe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guyana	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	56.02 years	40.81 years	15.22 years	Guyana
1960s	61.41 years	51.76 years	9.66 years	Guyana
1970s	62.87 years	60.45 years	2.43 years	Guyana
1980s	64.08 years	61.56 years	2.52 years	Guyana
1990s	66.06 years	62.73 years	3.34 years	Guyana
2000s	68.08 years	64.74 years	3.34 years	Guyana
2010s	71.27 years	69.06 years	2.21 years	Guyana
2020s	71.87 years	72.76 years	0.892 years	Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Guyana or Sao Tome and Principe?: Guyana, at 73.94 years against 73.73 years in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Guyana and Sao Tome and Principe?: 0.21 years, with Guyana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Sao Tome and Principe?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guyana and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for life expectancy by sex?: Guyana ranks 159th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 162nd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Life expectancy by sex
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Period life expectancy at birth among females, in a given year.