British Virgin Islands vs Ecuador: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
British Virgin Islands
77.28 years
in 2023
Ecuador
77.39 years
in 2023
British Virgin Islands rank
89th
Ecuador rank
88th
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita over time
- British Virgin Islands
- Ecuador
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 77.39 years against 77.28 years in British Virgin Islands, a difference of 0.11 years.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was British Virgin Islands ahead.
British Virgin Islands ranks 89th and Ecuador ranks 88th of 236 countries.
British Virgin Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | British Virgin Islands | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 57.84 years | 50.36 years | 7.48 years | British Virgin Islands |
| 1960s | 64.76 years | 56.06 years | 8.7 years | British Virgin Islands |
| 1970s | 67.83 years | 60.87 years | 6.96 years | British Virgin Islands |
| 1980s | 70.83 years | 65.45 years | 5.38 years | British Virgin Islands |
| 1990s | 73.76 years | 70.69 years | 3.07 years | British Virgin Islands |
| 2000s | 75.46 years | 73.71 years | 1.75 years | British Virgin Islands |
| 2010s | 76.45 years | 76.09 years | 0.3614 years | British Virgin Islands |
| 2020s | 76.66 years | 74.68 years | 1.98 years | British Virgin Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy vs. gdp per capita, British Virgin Islands or Ecuador?
- Ecuador, at 77.39 years against 77.28 years in British Virgin Islands as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy vs. gdp per capita between British Virgin Islands and Ecuador?
- 0.11 years, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for British Virgin Islands and Ecuador?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do British Virgin Islands and Ecuador rank globally for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
- British Virgin Islands ranks 89th and Ecuador ranks 88th 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 vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.