Which has higher life expectancy, Ecuador or North Macedonia?

North Macedonia, at 77.39 years against 77.39 years in Ecuador as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Ecuador and North Macedonia?

0 years, with North Macedonia ahead.

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

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 North Macedonia: Life expectancy

Ecuador

77.39 years

in 2023

North Macedonia

77.39 years

in 2023

Ecuador rank

88th

North Macedonia rank

86th

Life expectancy over time

Ecuador
North Macedonia

How they compare

North Macedonia currently reports 77.39 years against 77.39 years in Ecuador, a difference of 0 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was North Macedonia ahead.

Ecuador ranks 88th and North Macedonia ranks 86th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 2 and North Macedonia in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ecuador	North Macedonia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	50.36 years	54.99 years	4.63 years	North Macedonia
1960s	56.06 years	62.3 years	6.23 years	North Macedonia
1970s	60.87 years	67.16 years	6.29 years	North Macedonia
1980s	65.45 years	70.08 years	4.63 years	North Macedonia
1990s	70.69 years	71.74 years	1.05 years	North Macedonia
2000s	73.71 years	73.48 years	0.2256 years	Ecuador
2010s	76.09 years	75.75 years	0.3387 years	Ecuador
2020s	74.68 years	75.45 years	0.7704 years	North Macedonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Ecuador or North Macedonia?: North Macedonia, at 77.39 years against 77.39 years in Ecuador as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Ecuador and North Macedonia?: 0 years, with North Macedonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and North Macedonia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and North Macedonia rank globally for life expectancy?: Ecuador ranks 88th and North Macedonia ranks 86th 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.

Individual pages

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: 06 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.