Which has higher life expectancy, Ecuador or Guam?

Ecuador, at 77.39 years against 77.21 years in Guam as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Ecuador and Guam?

0.18 years, with Ecuador ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Guam?

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

Where does this data come from?

Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ecuador vs Guam: Life expectancy

Ecuador

77.39 years

in 2023

Guam

77.21 years

in 2023

Ecuador rank

88th

Guam rank

90th

Life expectancy over time

Ecuador
Guam

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 77.39 years against 77.21 years in Guam, a difference of 0.18 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guam ahead.

Ecuador ranks 88th and Guam ranks 90th of 236 countries.

Guam has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ecuador	Guam	Difference	Ahead
1950s	50.36 years	61.05 years	10.68 years	Guam
1960s	56.06 years	64.2 years	8.14 years	Guam
1970s	60.87 years	67.78 years	6.91 years	Guam
1980s	65.45 years	72.51 years	7.06 years	Guam
1990s	70.69 years	74.23 years	3.54 years	Guam
2000s	73.71 years	75.93 years	2.22 years	Guam
2010s	76.09 years	76.38 years	0.2935 years	Guam
2020s	74.68 years	76.32 years	1.64 years	Guam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Ecuador or Guam?: Ecuador, at 77.39 years against 77.21 years in Guam as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Ecuador and Guam?: 0.18 years, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Guam?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and Guam rank globally for life expectancy?: Ecuador ranks 88th and Guam ranks 90th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.