Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Ecuador

Life expectancy at birth in Ecuador in 2024 — 77.6 years. Ranked 79 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 45.3%.

2024 77.6 years +0.24% vs 2023
World rank 79of 217
Period maximum 77.6 years2024
Period minimum 53.4 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Ecuador, 1960–20245060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 53.4 years1962: 54.7 years1964: 56 years1966: 57 years1968: 57.9 years1970: 58.9 years1972: 59.8 years1974: 60.7 years1976: 61.4 years1978: 62.4 years1980: 63.3 years1982: 64.3 years1984: 65.2 years1986: 66.1 years1988: 67 years1990: 68.4 years1992: 69.5 years1994: 70.9 years1996: 71.8 years1998: 71.9 years2000: 72.1 years2002: 73.2 years2004: 73.9 years2006: 74 years2008: 74.7 years2010: 75.2 years2012: 75.5 years2014: 76.1 years2016: 76.1 years2018: 77.2 years2020: 72 years2022: 76.6 years2024: 77.6 years
Change over the period: +24.2 (+45.29%) Average annual rate: 0.59 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ecuador

Ecuador 77.6 years
World 73.5 years
South America computed 76.4 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 77.6 +0.2 +0.24%
2023 77.4 +0.8 +1.06%
2022 76.6 +3.8 +5.27%
2021 72.7 +0.7 +1.03%
2020 72 −5.3 −6.83%
2019 77.3 +0 +0.05%
2018 77.2 +1 +1.35%
2017 76.2 +0.1 +0.17%
2016 76.1 −0.1 −0.17%
2015 76.2 +0.1 +0.11%
2014 76.1 +0.3 +0.41%
2013 75.8 +0.3 +0.46%
2012 75.5 +0.3 +0.41%
2011 75.2 −0 −0.01%
2010 75.2 +0.3 +0.38%
2009 74.9 +0.2 +0.26%
2008 74.7 +0.5 +0.65%
2007 74.2 +0.2 +0.29%
2006 74 +0.1 +0.14%
2005 73.9 +0 +0.06%
2004 73.9 +0.2 +0.32%
2003 73.6 +0.5 +0.64%
2002 73.2 +0.6 +0.82%
2001 72.6 +0.5 +0.67%
2000 72.1 +0.2 +0.24%
1999 71.9 −0 −0.04%
1998 71.9 −0.1 −0.08%
1997 72 +0.2 +0.26%
1996 71.8 +0.5 +0.66%
1995 71.3 +0.5 +0.67%
1994 70.9 +0.8 +1.15%
1993 70.1 +0.6 +0.87%
1992 69.5 +0.4 +0.62%
1991 69 +0.6 +0.87%
1990 68.4 +0.6 +0.93%
1989 67.8 +0.8 +1.16%
1988 67 +0.5 +0.68%
1987 66.6 +0.5 +0.7%
1986 66.1 +0.5 +0.76%
1985 65.6 +0.4 +0.65%
1984 65.2 +0.5 +0.84%
1983 64.7 +0.4 +0.6%
1982 64.3 +0.5 +0.72%
1981 63.8 +0.5 +0.76%
1980 63.3 +0.5 +0.75%
1979 62.9 +0.5 +0.73%
1978 62.4 +0.5 +0.75%
1977 61.9 +0.5 +0.83%
1976 61.4 +0.3 +0.56%
1975 61.1 +0.4 +0.63%
1974 60.7 +0.4 +0.65%
1973 60.3 +0.5 +0.82%
1972 59.8 +0.5 +0.8%
1971 59.3 +0.5 +0.84%
1970 58.9 +0.6 +1%
1969 58.3 +0.3 +0.55%
1968 57.9 +0.5 +0.81%
1967 57.5 +0.5 +0.81%
1966 57 +0.5 +0.88%
1965 56.5 +0.6 +1.03%
1964 56 +0.6 +1.14%
1963 55.3 +0.6 +1.17%
1962 54.7 +0.6 +1.16%
1961 54.1 +0.7 +1.23%
1960 53.4

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates stayed the same as in the year of calculation. It is not a forecast for any individual but a summary measure of the current mortality regime: the indicator falls sharply in years of epidemics and wars and recovers just as fast.

Important: The indicator is highly sensitive to infant mortality: a decline there adds more years than an improvement in the health of the elderly.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.