Which has higher life expectancy, Ecuador or Turkey?

Ecuador, at 77.39 years against 77.16 years in Turkey as of 2023.

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

0.23 years, with Ecuador ahead.

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

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 Turkey: Life expectancy

Ecuador

77.39 years

in 2023

Turkey

77.16 years

in 2023

Ecuador rank

88th

Turkey rank

91st

Life expectancy over time

Ecuador
Turkey

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 77.39 years against 77.16 years in Turkey, a difference of 0.23 years.

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

Ecuador ranks 88th and Turkey ranks 91st of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ecuador	Turkey	Difference	Ahead
1950s	50.36 years	48.71 years	1.65 years	Ecuador
1960s	56.06 years	53.71 years	2.35 years	Ecuador
1970s	60.87 years	59.35 years	1.52 years	Ecuador
1980s	65.45 years	65.06 years	0.3847 years	Ecuador
1990s	70.69 years	69.57 years	1.13 years	Ecuador
2000s	73.71 years	73.34 years	0.3641 years	Ecuador
2010s	76.09 years	76.33 years	0.2427 years	Turkey
2020s	74.68 years	76.75 years	2.07 years	Turkey

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Ecuador or Turkey?: Ecuador, at 77.39 years against 77.16 years in Turkey as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Ecuador and Turkey?: 0.23 years, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Turkey?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and Turkey rank globally for life expectancy?: Ecuador ranks 88th and Turkey ranks 91st 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: 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.