Barbados vs Ecuador: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex

Barbados
8.56 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Ecuador
8.52 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Barbados rank
129th
Ecuador rank
131st

Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time

  • Barbados
  • Ecuador
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How they compare

Barbados currently reports 8.56 deaths per 1,000 people against 8.52 deaths per 1,000 people in Ecuador, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 1,000 people.

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

Barbados ranks 129th and Ecuador ranks 131st of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Ecuador in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Ecuador Difference Ahead
1950s 114 deaths per 1,000 people 133.96 deaths per 1,000 people 19.95 deaths per 1,000 people Ecuador
1960s 53.19 deaths per 1,000 people 106.3 deaths per 1,000 people 53.11 deaths per 1,000 people Ecuador
1970s 30.53 deaths per 1,000 people 81.01 deaths per 1,000 people 50.48 deaths per 1,000 people Ecuador
1980s 18.25 deaths per 1,000 people 51.5 deaths per 1,000 people 33.25 deaths per 1,000 people Ecuador
1990s 12.93 deaths per 1,000 people 30.04 deaths per 1,000 people 17.11 deaths per 1,000 people Ecuador
2000s 12.43 deaths per 1,000 people 17.29 deaths per 1,000 people 4.86 deaths per 1,000 people Ecuador
2010s 11 deaths per 1,000 people 11.44 deaths per 1,000 people 0.4406 deaths per 1,000 people Ecuador
2020s 9.07 deaths per 1,000 people 8.94 deaths per 1,000 people 0.1236 deaths per 1,000 people Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Barbados or Ecuador?
Barbados, at 8.56 deaths per 1,000 people against 8.52 deaths per 1,000 people in Ecuador as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Barbados and Ecuador?
0.04 deaths per 1,000 people, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Ecuador?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Ecuador rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
Barbados ranks 129th and Ecuador ranks 131st of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Unit
deaths per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
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Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.