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Life expectancy in Ecuador

Ecuador: Life expectancy was 77.39 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
77.39 years
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
88th
of 236 countries
All-time high
77.39 years
in 2023
All-time low
48.45 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy in Ecuador, 1950–2023

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Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, life expectancy in Ecuador stood at 77.39 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Ecuador peaked at 77.39 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48.45 years, in 1950.

Ecuador ranks 88th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Life expectancy in Ecuador, year by year

Year years Change
1950 48.45 years —
1951 48.9 years +0.9%
1952 49.23 years +0.7%
1953 49.56 years +0.7%
1954 49.96 years +0.8%
1955 50.39 years +0.9%
1956 50.88 years +1.0%
1957 51.45 years +1.1%
1958 52.07 years +1.2%
1959 52.74 years +1.3%
1960 53.4 years +1.3%
1961 54.05 years +1.2%
1962 54.68 years +1.2%
1963 55.32 years +1.2%
1964 55.95 years +1.1%
1965 56.52 years +1.0%
1966 57.02 years +0.9%
1967 57.48 years +0.8%
1968 57.95 years +0.8%
1969 58.27 years +0.6%
1970 58.85 years +1.0%
1971 59.34 years +0.8%
1972 59.82 years +0.8%
1973 60.31 years +0.8%
1974 60.7 years +0.7%
1975 61.08 years +0.6%
1976 61.43 years +0.6%
1977 61.93 years +0.8%
1978 62.4 years +0.7%
1979 62.85 years +0.7%
1980 63.33 years +0.8%
1981 63.81 years +0.8%
1982 64.27 years +0.7%
1983 64.66 years +0.6%
1984 65.2 years +0.8%
1985 65.63 years +0.6%
1986 66.12 years +0.8%
1987 66.59 years +0.7%
1988 67.04 years +0.7%
1989 67.82 years +1.2%
1990 68.44 years +0.9%
1991 69.04 years +0.9%
1992 69.47 years +0.6%
1993 70.07 years +0.9%
1994 70.88 years +1.2%
1995 71.35 years +0.7%
1996 71.82 years +0.7%
1997 72.01 years +0.3%
1998 71.95 years -0.1%
1999 71.92 years -0.0%
2000 72.09 years +0.2%
2001 72.57 years +0.7%
2002 73.16 years +0.8%
2003 73.63 years +0.6%
2004 73.87 years +0.3%
2005 73.91 years +0.1%
2006 74.01 years +0.1%
2007 74.23 years +0.3%
2008 74.71 years +0.7%
2009 74.9 years +0.3%
2010 75.19 years +0.4%
2011 75.18 years -0.0%
2012 75.49 years +0.4%
2013 75.83 years +0.5%
2014 76.14 years +0.4%
2015 76.22 years +0.1%
2016 76.09 years -0.2%
2017 76.22 years +0.2%
2018 77.25 years +1.3%
2019 77.29 years +0.0%
2020 72 years -6.8%
2021 72.75 years +1.0%
2022 76.58 years +5.3%
2023 77.39 years +1.1%

Ecuador compared with similar countries

  • Ecuador's 77.39 years is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.42 years, 1.0× the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Ecuador's 77.39 years is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 75.34 years, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 50.36 years 48.45 years 52.74 years 10
1960s 56.06 years 53.4 years 58.27 years 10
1970s 60.87 years 58.85 years 62.85 years 10
1980s 65.45 years 63.33 years 67.82 years 10
1990s 70.69 years 68.44 years 72.01 years 10
2000s 73.71 years 72.09 years 74.9 years 10
2010s 76.09 years 75.18 years 77.29 years 10
2020s 74.68 years 72 years 77.39 years 4

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 85 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 77.44 years compare
  2. 86 Argentina 77.39 years compare
  3. 86 North Macedonia 77.39 years compare
  4. 89 British Virgin Islands 77.28 years compare
  5. 90 Guam 77.21 years compare
  6. 91 Turkey 77.16 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Ecuador?
Life expectancy in Ecuador was 77.39 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 77.39 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 48.45 years in 1950.
How does Ecuador rank for life expectancy?
Ecuador ranks 88th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ecuador data come from?
The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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.